Incident #1000608
Klamath Falls, Klamath Cty, Oregon
Aug 1994
Account
Pat Garnier and Buddy Parazou, hunting elk "1 1/2 miles S.W. of Pelican Butte, about 5 miles West of the upper end of Klamath Lake" on top of a ridge in heavy forest saw a creature like a gorilla with bare breasts. Skin light brown, rest of creature dark brown. Watched through rifle scopes, saw canine teeth, heard scream. Had no intention of shooting, so left.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 13 1994
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1994
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Klamath Cty
- Nearest Town
- Klamath Falls
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 20000
- Latitude
- 4229--
- Longitude
- 12214--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large female
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- ridge
- Slope
- ridge crest
- Cover
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Track Record August, 1994, quoting Pat Garnier
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- AUG 1994
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1995
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Teeth
- long canines
- Sound
- scream
- Describe Unsual
- Appeared to be lactating, breasts were bare.
- Different Colour on
- chest
- Second Colour
- light brown
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ray Crowe
- Interview date
- AUGUST 1994
- Witness Saw with
- scope sight
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2