Incident #1000782
Marietta, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Dec 1967
Account
Frank Lawrence Jr. and Craig Warbus were going upstream on the Nooksack River when they heard something splashing. Shining a big flashlight they saw a dark, hair-covered creature about 6 feet tall walk up the bank and into a field, where it was lost in the mist.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marietta
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 0.5
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 484732
- Longitude
- 1223520
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- high bank
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000736, 1000773, 1000781
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- sparse
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- fog
- Lighting
- spotlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Frank Lawrence Jr. intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 06 1967
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- No hair on
- near eyes
- Hair Length
- short
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Colour
- dark
- Feet Colour
- light
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- No
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Shoulders
- medium
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Front
- normal
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Spine
- hollow
- Movement
- walking
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- fish
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- travel
- Feet
- large
- Foot Width
- wide
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 26 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on small boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- chased
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Other report by this witness
- 4