Incident #1000806
Yakima, Yakima Cty, Washington
Jul 1970
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 10 1970
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Yakima Cty
- Nearest Town
- Yakima
- Distance from Town
- 0.5
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 463---
- Longitude
- 1203---
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
- Super Human Action
- Shot repeatedly with .22, no effect
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- none
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- pond
- Distance to Water
- close
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Computer form filled out by anonymous informant
- Source Type
- computer survey
- 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
- slightly stooped
- Hair Length
- short
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Colour
- light
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- hunched
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- wide
- Legs
- medium
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Sound
- panting
- Odour
- no opportunity
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity, human sounds
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Height was guessed between 7 and 10 feet. Aiken thought the animal's head looked like an ape.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- shot, fled
- No of witnesses
- several
- Age
- 16 to 20