Incident #1000801
Yakima, Grant Cty, Washington
Mar 1970
Account
Bill Harwood was in a camper below the Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River, when he opened the door to see what was making noises outside and saw a light-brown, hair-covered creature 8 to 9 feet tall, not of heavy build, about four feet away. It was brushing against the camper. He closed the door.
When
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grant Cty
- Nearest Town
- Yakima
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 5
- Latitude
- 4637--
- Longitude
- 11951--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Bill Harwood intv. by Roger Patterson
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was brushing itself against Harwood's camper.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Roger Patterson
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1