Incident #1000586
Vacaville, Solano Cty, California
May 1976
Account
Sightings reported over several nights, by teenagers, except for Mrs. Valerie Lewis. Her son, Clifton Negrete, had cast of footprint found next day. Other footprints found after later sightings. Greatest stride 72 inches. John Beckjord went there in July and talked to 5 teenagers. Cast was 24 inches long. He was told the creatures came down from the hills to steal cherries and other fruit every year, right next to the subdivision walls. They were also seen and heard in the creek that runs through the orchards. Long, black, wiry hair found on barbed wire fence between orchard and Ulatis Creek. Creature black, 9 or 10 feet tall.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 11 1976
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Solano Cty
- Nearest Town
- Vacaville
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 0.1
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 3822--
- Longitude
- 12159--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- orchard
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- small
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- some small
- Unnatural
- cleared
- Species
- cherry, other fruits
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Vacaville, Cal. Reporter, May 26, 1976. Also John
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- scream, grunt
- Eating
- fruit
- Reaction
- approached
- Attracted By
- farm plants
- Water Activity
- wading
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Evidence Left
- footprints, hair
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 24.0
- Longest
- 72
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Relation to Water
- near water
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- John Beckjord
- Interview date
- JULY 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- No of witnesses
- several
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 16 to 20