Incident #1000777
Marietta, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Sep 1967
Account
Mrs. Joyce Brudevold was gillnetting, drifting down the Nooksack River, watching the net. She felt she was being watched, looked towards the bow and saw nothing, a minute later looked again and saw a huge black male creature standing almost crotch-deep in the water about a foot from the bow of the 17-foot boat, looking at her. She watched for what seemed like minutes, but when it lifted one leg as if to step step toward her and she spun the boat and fled, wrecking the net. She looked back before rounding a curve in the river and it was still there. Inference is that it came up from under water.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 17 1967
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marietta
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 0.5
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 484658
- Longitude
- 1223514
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large male
- 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
- Female
- 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
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- soft vegetation
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Joyce Brudevold intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 25 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye shape
- slit
- Reflection
- reflected green
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- black
- Chin Y/N
- No
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- No
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Forehead
- none
- Brow Ridge
- none
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Lips
- medium
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Front
- normal
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- approached
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- approached
- Attracted By
- human activity, fish
- Water Activity
- wading, swim underwater
- Use of Water
- travel
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature had a long penis covered with short hairs. Its hands were in the water. It lifted one leg in taking a step, but the foot did not come out of the water.
- Genitals
- male
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 25 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Other report by this witness
- 3