Incident #1000797
Preston, King Cty, Washington
Jun 1970
Account
Don Phillips and Nelbert Neil and their wives drove up a dirt road just East of the Monroe cutoff on Hwy 90 to sleep out beside their car. The men tried making wolf and cougar sounds, then notice a big form on the skyline on a nearby hill. It moved down to their left, but half an hour later it came down the dirt road. They shone a light in its eyes and it stepped ito the bushes. They got in the car and it rushed them as the last person (Nelbert Neil) got in, hitting the car. Then it went away, but when they got out it came back. It was around most of the night, they had dropped the keys outside somewhere so could not drive away. In the morning they found distinct tracks, a wide foot, no dimensions given, and followed them to a brush-filled ravine. Estimated 9 feet high and about 1200 pounds. Brown hair, flat face, eyes glowed whitish yellow, skin on face was light buckskin color. Torso very muscular, long muscular legs. Moves lightning quick.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 14 1970
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- King Cty
- Nearest Town
- Preston
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 6
- Latitude
- 4730--
- Longitude
- 12155--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- easy
- Cover
- some openings
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Roger Patterson taped intv. with Don Phillips
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- Reflection
- reflected yellow
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- face
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Face Colour
- light
- Teeth
- long canines
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- wide
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Forehead
- high
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Lips
- thin
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- wide
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- approached, chased
- Walking Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Arms Used
- for hitting
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Sound
- other
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- approached, ran at, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Don Phillips' dog sort of screamed and hair stood up when creature there. The creature made a sound like a dog moaning.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Roger Patterson
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- under 5 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Track witnesses
- 4
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording