Incident #1000652
Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego Cty, California
1984
Account
Several sightings referred to, on 50-acre Eldesaar Arabians Ranch, of a nine-foot creature that would run around the track with the horses, sometimes with a hand on a rump. Ranch Alsatians (11 of them) would run after it but do nothing. It pushed in the metal of a trailer, leaving hand print 13 inches long. Also left footprints 14" by 6", lots of them, but in decomposed granite, showing no details. Said to have been around for years. Spanish-speaking worker on ranch has seen it, also Debbie Clarke, who apparently lives in the trailer. Not certain if Tim Galloway has seen it, but note says "sat up and saw it run and play with the horses. It ran when put a flashlight on it. Mexican was with them, saw it too." Reportedly has been around for years.
When
- Year
- 1984
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- San Diego Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rancho Santa Fe
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Latitude
- 330---
- Longitude
- 1171---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
- Near or/at
- livestock
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Tim Galloway, also quoting Debbie Clarke.
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- 1984
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1984
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Speed
- fast
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Used
- for shaking
- Object Handled
- animal, vehicle
- Attracted By
- livestock
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature said to run with the horses, sometimes with hand on horse's rump. Alsatian ranch dogs ran after it but do nothing. It shook a trailer, leaving it dented with a hand print on it. When it runs by the trailer shakes. Sometimes around all night.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- footprints, hand print
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 84
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Track Condition
- poor
- Material Tracks Made in
- gravel
- Other Marks
- hand print
- Trackmaker attracted by
- livestock
- Remarks
- Creature reported seen running with around track with horses.
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Other report by this witness
- 2