Incident #1000778
Marietta, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Sep 1967
Account
Martha Washington went outside her house to see why a dog had been barking for more than an hour. She saw behind the next-door house a huge dark brown creature sitting on an oil drum with its hands on top of the drum, arms straight, pushing shoulders up. Feet were hidden in long grass. Shoulders were higher than a nearby outhouse. She turned away and because of a heart condition walked slowly back into her house. The barking dog was lying down well away from the creature, but not as far as its chain would have allowed. Hers is one of a single row of houses on the on the East bank of the Nooksack Riveracross from the Lummi Indian Reserve.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 21 1967
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 1 second
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marietta
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 0.6
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 484720
- Longitude
- 1223515
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000736, 1000773, 1000782
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material, grass
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Mrs. Martha Washington 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
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- sitting
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Expression
- curious
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Odour
- mild
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Dog had been barking at it for an hour, but was lying down, well away from it but not as far as chain would have allowed.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 25 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 51 to 60