Incident #1000629
Corona, Riverside Cty, California
Aug 1975
Account
James Mihalko and Ernest Palmeira, out monster hunting after previous sighting reports around Main Street and Chase Crive, South of Corona, shined spotlight into Main Street Canyon and saw a hair-covered form crouched near the stone wall of an abandoned reservoir 200 feet away. Eyes glowed red. It stood up 10 feet tall, very heavy, covered with shaggy black hair. It made a whistling sound. Pickup truck arrived, men looked away and when they looked back it was gone.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 17 1975
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Riverside Cty
- Nearest Town
- Corona
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 33511-
- Longitude
- 117335-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000630
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill, canyon
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- fruit trees
Weather and light
- Lighting
- spotlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- "Bigfoot", B. Ann Slate and Alan Berry, quoting Ja
- Source Type
- book
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- crossed view field, watched observer, made a noise
- Walking Stride
- long
- Sound
- whistle
- Reaction
- avoided, watched
- Attracted By
- farm plants
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Was at edge of urban area, but orchards nearby.
- Additional Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- crouched
- Head Size
- large
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- B. Ann Slate
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Age
- 31 to 40