Incident #1000766
Leavenworth, Chelan, Washington
about 1948
Account
Clarence Foster was hiking to Mad Lake on Entiat ridge to fish. (Lake not named on map) At the lake's far edge, 200 yards distant, saw a 6-foot, thin, hair-covered dark creature squatting with its arms in the water. It got up and walked into the woods. Foster's impression was that it was a man, not an animal, which he still thought 20 years later, even though it was without clothes and was covered with hair. Search next day came up with nothing.
When
- Year
- about 1948
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Chelan
- Nearest Town
- Leavenworth
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 24
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 59
- Latitude
- 475527
- Longitude
- 1203910
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- ridge crest
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- medium
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Humidity
- thunderstorm
- Lighting
- heavy cloud, twilight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Clarence M. Foster intv. or by mail to Clarence Fo
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 02 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- erect
- Hair curl
- straight
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got up, entered woods
- Arms Action
- outstretched
- Water Activity
- reach in
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- When first seen both the creature's arms were in the water.
- Position when first seen
- squatting
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Clarence Fox
- Interview date
- MAY 05 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking, fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 1