Incident #1000762
Cougar, Skamania Cty, Washington
Jul 1924
Account
See 1000761
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 10 1924
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1924
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skamania Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cougar
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 461154
- Longitude
- 1220653
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- canyon
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000761
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- knockdown
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- cliff
- Slope
- cliff
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- spring
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- scattered
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Fred Beck intv. by Dick Grover. Also older intervi
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1924
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1960
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Ears
- bare
- Ear Size
- small
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Nose
- no snout
- Nostrils
- No
- Tail
- none
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- normal
- Abdomen
- slim
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- medium
- Arms
- medium
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled, went down slope
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Arms Used
- for throwing
- Object Handled
- rock, building, manmade object
- Sound
- whistle
- Human Contact
- attack
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Several creatures (at least two but apparently more) combined in an attack on the prospectors' cabin--a behavior not duplicated in thousands of other observations.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- threw something, picked something up
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 19.0
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
- Remarks
- Only one track report for both incident reports, as there is almost no specific information about the tracks in any report. One day age estimate is for tracks found when people returned to the site, apparently made after the miners had left and after a heavy rain.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Dick Grover. Earlier interviews by John Green and Roger Patterson.
- Interview date
- JUN 15 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- prospecting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording