Incident #1000796
Goldendale, Yakima, Washington
Jan 1970
Account
Four men fishing in a "weasel" in warm spring in Cedar Valley that does not freeze saw a creature 7 to 9 feet tall, very heavy, walking upright 200 yards away, hair-covered. Two feet of snow on ground. Patterson flew to the site but found nothing in new snow.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Yakima
- Nearest Town
- Goldendale
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 3500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 460---
- Longitude
- 1210---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Snow Condition
- deep new
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Phone call to Roger Patterson from Glenwood, Washi
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Roger Patterson
- Interview date
- JAN 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, boat
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- No of witnesses
- 4