Incident #1000591
Piercy, Mendocino Cty, California
Apr 1977
Account
Rick Drouin's 10-year-old son Mark and a friend ran home at twilight the preceding night claiming to have seen Bigfoot. Next morning Drouin watched deer grazing on a hillside, when one darted around excitedly and they all took off as if frightened. Also two horses didn't show up for the morning feed and were found at a neighbour's place. Drouin decided to investigate the area where the boys reported the sighting. He and Robbie Corwin walked along a trail when Drouin saw a large, tan-coloured creature scramble up a sandy 16-foot bank and run by a fir tree, then vanish in the brush, lightning quick. Head level with dead branch measured at 8 feet. Corwin heard "whomp whomp" up hill but saw nothing.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 06 1977
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Mendocino Cty
- Nearest Town
- Piercy
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 6
- Latitude
- 3958--
- Longitude
- 12347--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- fine material, grass
- Cover
- sparse
- General
- one large
- Undergrowth
- spotty
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Garberville, Cal., Redwood Journal, Apr 28 1977
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1977
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light brown
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- went up slope, entered woods
- Speed
- very fast
- Running Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- fled from
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Deer on nearby hillside had run away, frogs were quiet the night before, two horses had gone to neighbours, missing morning feed.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Larry Parsons
- Interview date
- APR 1977
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking, come to see
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1