Incident #1000718
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
1964
Account
Howard Marsh was sitting on a log in a clearing watching for deer when a big black thing walked with long strides along a deer trail through the trees about 75 yards away. It was about 8 feet tall, had no neck, and looked like a big monkey. Presumably this was in the Olympic foothills, mentioned as the place where Marsh had hunted for years.
When
- Year
- 1964
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Olympic Peninsula
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- some large
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Seattle Times, Apr 25 1976, quoting Howard Marsh.
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Face Appeared
- monkeylike
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- did not see
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interview date
- 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50