Incident #1000661
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Cty, California
Aug 1989
Account
Unnamed man (Mark Francis says it is Ken Talder) driving on Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road saw a creature towering over the chaparral 150 yards away, estimated 8 feet tall above shoulder-high brush, covered with hair.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sierra Madre
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 9
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 3417--
- Longitude
- 11802--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Slope
- easy, valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- heavy
- Variety
- chaparral
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Los Angeles Times, April 10, 1990, quoting unnamed
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1990
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1990
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Number of Tracks
- 2
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Dan Perez
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20