Incident #1000731
Yakima, Yakima Cty, Washington
Oct 1966
Account
Mike Corey said he thought his dog had attacked a sasquatch. He went out with his gun (presume on hearing commotion) and saw a sasquatch running away in the moonlight. He shot at it. Later something lethally beat his dog.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1966
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Yakima Cty
- Nearest Town
- Yakima
- Direction from Town
- West
- Population of Town
- 50000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 463---
- Longitude
- 1203---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
Source
- Source
- Roger Patterson quoting Mike Corey
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Reaction
- fled from
- Describe Unsual
- Dog was there. Mike Corey believed that the dog had attacked the sasquatch, which later returned and beat it to death.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Roger Patterson
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- over 70