Incident #1000725
Sawyer, Yakima Cty, Washington
1966
Account
Greg Pointer said that Roger Howard was left behind when hiding as youths who were working as pickers played in the orchard in the evening. Returning by himself he heard something in a tree, called thinking it was a friend, and "this white thing" came out. He ran and it chased him. He screamed. His friends found him passed out on the ground grasping some white hair in his hand, and he had to be treated in Yakima Hospital. Not clear under what circumstances several youths who were reported to have seen the creature at Sawyer did see it, if they did. No description given, but youths considered it to be the same individual they saw later in the summer at West Richland.
When
- Year
- 1966
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Yakima Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sawyer
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 90
- Latitude
- 4627--
- Longitude
- 12021--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- orchard
- Near or/at
- tree
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000724
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree type
- deciduous
- Unnatural Conditions
- planted
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- fruit trees
Source
- Source
- Greg Pointer, taped by Roger Patterson, describing
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1966
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1967
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- white
- Hair Shorter On
- face
- Teeth
- even
- Expression
- curious
- Nose
- no snout
- Lips
- thin
- Later Movement
- ran
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Aggressive To
- car
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- avoided, ran after
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature leaned forward when it walked. Ears could be seen but were not described. Walked more than 10 miles an hour, ran 40 miles an hour, ignored rifle and shotgun attacks. Once hit car door, scratching it. Chased and ran alongside a car or cars at least once.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 40 mph
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Roger Patterson
- Interview date
- 1966
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Age
- 16 to 20
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording