Incident #1000626
Orleans, Humboldt, California
Jun 1991
Account
Les Gertown was driving between Weitchpec and Orleans when he saw a brown figure on the sand at the edge of the Klamath River. Thought it was a bear until it heard the car, stood up on two legs and looked chimp-like. It took off at high speed, disappearing in brush.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 11 1991
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1991
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 4
- Latitude
- 411---
- Longitude
- 1233---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill, valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- steep, valley bottom
- Slope Faced
- Southeast
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- The Sasquatch Report, Oct 1991
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- 1991
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1991
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Later Movement
- got up, fled, entered woods
- Running Speed
- fast
- Reaction
- fled from
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1