Incident #1000736
Marietta, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Sep 1967
Account
Harold James going up the Nooksack River in a boat, smelled strong animal smell, then across the slough a dark thing twice as big as a man stood up from sitting on a stump and walked off towards the flats. This was one of several sightings by members of the Lummi Indian Band on the Nooksack delta during the fall of 1967, when there was a large run of sockeye salmon ascending the river.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marietta
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 0.7
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 484640
- Longitude
- 1223500
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- island
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000733, 1000782
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river, ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- none
- Tree size
- medium
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- windy
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Harold James intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 02 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Legs
- medium
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- approached
- Walking Stride
- long
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- fish
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Use of Water
- catch fish, travel
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature must have crossed water, since it was seen on an island. Crushed sea grass indicated a stride of 54 inches.
- Evidence Left
- crushed vegetation
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 02 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Other report by this witness
- 2