Incident #1000639
Ridgecrest, Kern Cty, California
Jun 1978
Account
Douglas Bruce Groves and his teenage brother and sister were hunting for rattlesnakes on old Hwy. 395 when they saw a pair of glowing eyes above a creosote bush just off the road. Groves stopped his jeep about 30 feet from the bush and walked towards it. He heard a low roar, then something grabbed his shoulders and when he tried to run it grabbed him around the waist and threw him 10 feet through the air. He ran to the jeep and called for help on his CB radio. His brother and sister told deputies they saw a large black object pick him up and throw him.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 22 1978
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Kern Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ridgecrest
- Population of Town
- 15000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 23
- Latitude
- 3535--
- Longitude
- 11740--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- bush
- Near or/at
- road
- Super Human Action
- Threw hunter 10 feet through air
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- desert
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- level
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Lighting
- no obvious light
- Visibility Index
- 3
Source
- Source
- Believe It, vol. 1,No. 1, Nov '78 quoting Douglas
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- 1978
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1978
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- approached, picked something up, threw something
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Arms Action
- reaching
- Arms Used
- for picking up, for throwing
- Object Handled
- person
- Sound
- other
- Human Contact
- pick up
- Reaction
- approached
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature picked up observer by the waist and threw him 10 feet. Sound made was a low roar.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached, fled
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 21 to 30