Incident #1000744
Marietta, Whatcom Cty, Washington
1969
Account
Stephen Arave, his wife, his brother and his brother's girlfriend were parked at the site of the unfinished church on the Lummi Indian Reservation when they saw something move in front of the car, turned on the lights and saw about 75 feet away a creature covered with greyish white fur, 7 to 8 feet tall, standing erect, arms almost reaching to knees. Its eyes glowed like red lights before it headed into the brush.
When
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marietta
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 484737
- Longitude
- 1223646
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- empty building
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- slough, river, ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- quarter mile
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- moderate
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Stephen Arave letter to Dr. Steve Pauley
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1971
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- off-white
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, entered woods
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Age
- 21 to 30