Incident #1000776
Marietta, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Sep 1967
Account
Randy Kinley, Reynold James and Johnny Green were drifting through the Nooksack River delta with gillnets set when Green's net began to pull out of the boat. Shining his spotlight along it he saw a huge dark creature standing in the water pulling on the net. When they shouted other boats came down the drift, at least four boats, and got spotlights on the creature, which let go of the net, waded out of the river and walked off into the brush.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 17 1967
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marietta
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 0.5
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 484550
- Longitude
- 1223445
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- shore
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000736, 1000773, 1000782
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- river
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- spotlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- John Green (Lummi) intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 26 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected green
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- Southwest
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- fish
- Water Activity
- wading, wade out
- Use of Water
- travel, catch fish
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Was pulling in fishing net.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green (Harrison Hot Springs)
- Interview date
- JUN 26 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, shouted
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 16 to 20
- Tape or Video
- Video recording