Incident #1000809
Carson, Skamania Cty, Washington
1970
Account
Charles Lilgenburg, his wife and another couple were camping in the Wind River Canyon. Hearing crunching footsteps in the salal about 2.30 a.m., he looked out the window of his van and saw 50 feet away what looked like a very tall gorilla stepping into a clearing. It stood and watched his van for 2 or 3 minutes, then left. Head almost touched tree limb 7 feet up, shoulders very broad, covered with hair. A small dog belonging to the other couple ran barking out of their tent, then howled, ran back in and crawled under a sleeping bag.
When
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skamania Cty
- Nearest Town
- Carson
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 18
- Latitude
- 455---
- Longitude
- 12156--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- tree
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- canyon
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- John Fuhrmann intv. Charles Lilgenburg
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1979
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1979
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- Small dog at first barked, then howled, ran and hid.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Fuhrmann
- Interview date
- 1979
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1