Incident #1000675
Tacoma, Pierce Cty, Washington
before 1970
Account
Diane Loidhamer was parked with fiance on road on East side of Lake Tapps when they were disturbed by noises outside the car. The drove down the road and then turned to go back. Near the place where they had been parked they saw in their high beams what looked like a big human covered with black hair which crossed the road about 100 feet ahead in two strides.
When
- Year
- before 1970
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Pierce Cty
- Nearest Town
- Tacoma
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 160000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 4
- Latitude
- 4713--
- Longitude
- 4708--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Super Human Action
- Crossed road in two strides
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Diane Loidhamer letter to Roger Patterson
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- 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
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2