Incident #1000828
Sumas, Whatcom Cty, Washington
1972
Account
Jim White said he and a friend were bird hunting when the friend yelled and White turned around and saw movement of a large animal in the bushes 50 yards away. The friend said he had seen what must be a sasquatch, large, bipedal and hairy. Searching area they found a few tracks in soft dirt on a creek bank, barefoot, slightly arched, about an inch longer than White's size 13 boots.
When
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sumas
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 5
- Latitude
- 4858--
- Longitude
- 12212--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- Northwest
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Jim White, intv. by Bob Walls and quoting an unnam
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- AUG 1977
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1977
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- fled
- Reaction
- fled from
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.5
- Estimated Age
- 10
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Remarks
- Arch only slight.
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Walls
- Interview date
- 1977
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20