Incident #1000682
Olympia, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
Jul 1928
Account
The two accounts differ, and I have them only in copied-out form. Fate sets the incident Northeast of Olympia, which would put it almost in Seattle; spells one witness' name "Larzazana", and does not give the other name. It also mentions tracks 18" by 6", while Fishing and Hunting News does not mention any tracks. I have followed the latter account except for the month, which only Fate mentions. Art Reda and Ralph Lazazzara, both from Chicago, were on a hunting trip when they saw from their tent an erect apeman walking away from them. It turned and looked at the tent, making a muttering noise. Face was humanlike and it was a male. It then walked away, stopped to pick up a log which it dragged a short way and then dropped before it went out of sight. From a tree it walked next to they calculated its height at eight feet.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1928
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Olympia
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 45
- Population of Town
- 27000
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Near or/at
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
Source
- Source
- Fishing and Hunting News, May 31, 1969, and Fate m
- Source Type
- magazine
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Hair Tone
- mottled
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turned around, watched observer, picked something up
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Object Handled
- log
- Sound
- other
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature made a muttering noise
- Second Colour
- white
- Additional Movement
- made a noise, walked away, put something down
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in tent
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20