Incident #1000730
La Center, Clark Cty, Washington
late 1960's
Account
Emmy Thompson and Melodie Morris exploring in woods below the La Center school, heard crunchling footsteps, looked up and saw a sasquatch running. It slowed down and looked at them. They ran to each other and it ran away. About 50 yards away, estimated 8 feet high, 700 pounds.
When
- Year
- late 1960's
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Clark Cty
- Nearest Town
- La Center
- Population of Town
- 400
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 4551--
- Longitude
- 12240--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- small lake, creek
- Distance to Water
- close
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- letter to Roger Patterson from Emmy Thompson
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Additional Movement
- ran
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15