Incident #1000821
Cougar, Skamania Cty, Washington
Jan 1971
Account
Ken schaffer and a friend cougar hunting, heard a scream, looked up when a rock fell down and saw a head bob back behind rocks. Went there and saw a hazy figure, arms long in proportion, est 8 to 9 feet, covered with grey hair, going straight up a cliff in 15 seconds that a man would need 20 minutes to climb. Happened at the base of Dog's Head above Spirit Lake.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skamania Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cougar
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 100
- Latitude
- 4616--
- Longitude
- 12208--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Near or/at
- rock
- Super Human Action
- Went straight up cliff in seconds
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- cliff
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- North
- Substratum
- solid rock
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Steve Pauley quoting Ken Schaffer
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- SEP 1973
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Arms
- long
- Later Movement
- went up slope
- Arms Used
- in climbing
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Went up cliff in 15 seconds that would have taken a human 20 minutes to climb.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Steve Pauley
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording