Incident #1000804
Parkway, Pierce Cty, Washington
Jul 1970
Account
With Robert Taylor, hiking to Sunrise Point from Mystic Lake, in Mount Rainier National Park, heard a noise like someone blowing the mouth of a bottle, and watched a large, very heavy, hair-covered animal move upright, slumped at the waist, bent at the knees, through brush and across the trail. Dark brown, almost black, nose very flat, resembled an ape. Height estimated 7.5 to 8 feet. Saw only upper part as it walked through underbrush, except briefly when it crossed the trail. No footprints, stride estimated by observation.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 09 1970
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Pierce Cty
- Nearest Town
- Parkway
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 46551-
- Longitude
- 121415-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- West
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Wayne Thureringer intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 17 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Hands Colour
- dark
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- short
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Nose
- no snout
- Tail
- none
- Torso Front
- normal
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- walking
- Walking Stride
- medium
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Sound
- blowing
- Odour
- no opportunity
- Reaction
- did not see
- Feet
- large
- Foot Width
- wide
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- over
- Remarks
- no footprints.
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUL 17 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Least vertical distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording