Incident #1000818
Bellingham, Whatcom Cty, Washington
1971
Account
Flying, East of Mt. Baker, Ron Smith and Gerry Cowan saw at the edge of a clearing, high up, a big, dark, erect figure standing in the snow. Cowan had binoculars. (Smith also reported seeing sasquatch tracks in the snow more than once that winter East of Everett, presumably from the air.).
When
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bellingham
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 35
- Population of Town
- 45000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 70
- Latitude
- 484---
- Longitude
- 1214---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Snow Condition
- snow
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Ron Smith
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1971
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- flying, sasq. hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Other report by this witness
- 2