Incident #1000706
Yale, Clark Cty, Washington
Jun 1963
Account
Stan Mattson driving by Lewis River Canal below a dam near Yale, saw 200 yards away a reddish-brown creature, estimated 12 feet high, carrying a young one under its left arm.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Clark Cty
- Nearest Town
- Yale
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 4559--
- Longitude
- 12221--
What was seen
- Individuals
- female and small
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill, valley
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Chuck Edmonds file re Stan Mattson
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 12 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Breast
- pendulous
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- infant
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- 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
- 41 to 50