Incident #1000606
Morgan Hill, Santa Clara Cty, California
Dec 1980
Account
Jose Rivera was looking for three lost cows, walking up a canyon in the San Antonio Valley, in the Diablo Range, heard splashing ahead, and at 125 feet saw two hairy things splashing around in a stock-watering pond, up to their armpits. They stopped playing and turned toward him. He watched from behind a bush, decided against shooting one, and decided to get out of there.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 20 1980
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Santa Clara Cty
- Nearest Town
- Morgan Hill
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 18
- Population of Town
- 17000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 3720--
- Longitude
- 12128--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- canyon
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill, valley
- Exact Terrain
- pond
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- pond
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- digger pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- San Jose, Cal., Mercury News, Jan 1 1981, quoting
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1980
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1981
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- playing
- Later Movement
- turned around, stopped still, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- water
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- play
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- playing
- Later Movement
- turned around, stopped still, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- water
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- play
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking, ranching
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 51 to 60