Incident #1000587
Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California
mid 1970's
Account
Deborah Post, then a teenager, was fishing with her father on Bluff Creek half a mile from the Klamath, when they heard brush breaking on a ridge behind them and saw a black upright figure leap behind a big tree. It was very tall and on two legs. It made a whistling scream, which they had heard several times earlier in the day but ignored.
When
- Year
- mid 1970's
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weitchpec
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 41144-
- Longitude
- 123292-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- high bank
- Near or/at
- tree
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 3
Source
- Source
- Peter Guttilla quating Mrs. Deborah Post
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1986
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1986
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- jumping across
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Peter Guttilla
- Interview date
- 1986
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20