Incident #1000656
Cartago, Tulare Cty, California
Jun 1988
Account
Henry Spearman was camped at Tunnel Guard Forest Service Station on Golden Trout Creek, listening to his radio at 9 p.m., when he heard a tremendous scream, leaped up with hand spotlight and saw a large, dark, erect animal running away at high speed. It disappeared among the trees, but lurked around his camp for a few hours. Smelled like rotten oranges. Ground showed no footprints next morning. Estimated height at 7 feet, weight 500 pounds. Had earlier been blowing toy whistle in attempted imitation of whistles he had heard in woods.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 17 1988
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Tulare Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cartago
- Direction from Town
- West Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 88
- Latitude
- 362048
- Longitude
- 1181720
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- Species
- Lodgepole pine, willow
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Henry D. Spearman, writing to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- AUG 1988
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Sound
- scream
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1