Incident #1000668
San Bernardino, Mojave Cty, California
1991
Account
Report states that John Davis family in the Lytle Creek area of the northern San Bernardino Mountains became aware of a large nocturnal creature on their property on successive nights. Dogs howled continuously, and one morning they found their chickens mauled and fences in their yard pulled out of place. Then their son saw what he described as "a real big grey-coloured ape."
When
- Year
- 1991
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Mojave Cty
- Nearest Town
- San Bernardino
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 120000
- Latitude
- 341---
- Longitude
- 1173---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
Source
- Source
- Strange Magazine No. 9, Mark Opsasnick article
- Source Type
- magazine
- Source Date
- 1992
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1992
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- very large
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Aggressive To
- chickens, fences
- Object Handled
- animal, manmade object
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Prior to sighting dogs howled at night, and one night chickens were mauled and fences in the yard pulled out of place.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- No of witnesses
- 1