Incident #1000616
Orleans, Humboldt Cty, California
Sep 1985
Account
Ken Puegh was deer hunting near Black Mountain off Red Cap Road when he heard brush breaking on the slope above and saw a big black hairy creature coming down towards him at a run. About 75 feet from him it turned and disappeared in the thicket.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1985
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4112--
- Longitude
- 12330--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- heavy
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Peter Guttilla
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1986
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1986
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- turned, entered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- observer
- Reaction
- ran at
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Peter Guttilla
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- No of witnesses
- 1