Incident #1000807
Darrington, Skagit Cty, Washington
Aug 1970
Account
Ronald Zimmerman was sitting by a stream in a meadow above the treeline in Boston Basin near Cascade Pass, when a large whitish creature with a very large stomach walked along a ridge about 200 yards from him. Estimated height 6 feet or more, weight 250 lbs. In sight 15 seconds.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 02 1970
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skagit Cty
- Nearest Town
- Darrington
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 28
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 4859--
- Longitude
- 12103--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- ridge
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Bulletin, Oct. 1970, Dick Grover quoting R
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- OCT 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- off-white
- Abdomen
- protruding
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Stomach was very large.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Dick Grover
- Interview date
- AUG 08 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1