Incident #1000707
Toppenish, Yakima Cty, Washington
Jul 1963
Account
In car with two woman passengers heading towards Goldendale from Toppenish, on way up to Satus Pass, still in sagebrush area, went by what thought was a 9 to 10-foot tree stump beside the road, then realized area was treeless. Girls said they had seen it come out of the low, sloping ditch with great strides, then stop on the shoulder. Grey or beige colour.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 17 1963
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Yakima Cty
- Nearest Town
- Toppenish
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Population of Town
- 6500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 461---
- Longitude
- 1222---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- ditch
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Variety
- sagebrush
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- bright moonlight, headlights
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Lee Trippett taped intv with Paul Manley. Roger Pa
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1963
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1966
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Lee Trippett
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording