Incident #1000741
Yakima, Yakima Ctyk, Washington
Nov 1968
Account
On Yakima Indian Reserve, in Ahtanum Valley, Jannett Jones and Mike Aronamous, college students, in car at 2 a.m. Aronamous got out of car and dark creature, 8 to 9 feet tall, advanced toward him. Both saw creature, which got within 10 feet. Next day found and photographed tracks. Patterson saw photo.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Yakima Ctyk
- Nearest Town
- Yakima
- Direction from Town
- West Southwest
- Population of Town
- 50000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 4731--
- 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
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Roger Patterson quoting Jannett Jones
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- approached
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Track Condition
- fair
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Roger Patterson
- Interview date
- 1968
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20