Incident #1000630
Corona, Riverside Cty, California
Aug 1975
Account
According to the Corona Independent, Irene P. Rambo saw over the patio fence in front of her apartment a 10-foot tall, half human, half ape covered with black hair, with humanlike teeth. She locked herself in her apartment. The story says a huge apelike creature was first seen near Chase Drive, East of Main Street, two weeks earlier, and that two Corona residents, 18 and 20, were chased by the monster the preceding Tuesday as they fled in their car.. Also, according to the Riverside Enterprise, Daniel Hinson and Mark Perez saw a half human, half ape monster in an orange grove. Specifics of this entry refer to the Rambo sighting.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 14 1975
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- 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
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000629
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- garden
- Cover
- spotty
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Corona, Cal., Independent, Aug 15 1975 and Riversi
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1975
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Teeth
- even
- Movement
- staying still
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature looked over patio fence at apartment building.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1