Incident #1000829
Graham, Pierce Cty, Washington
Jul 1973
Account
James Dawson writes that boy he knows told him that in 1973 (when 14 years old) his two younger sisters called him to see a creature walking on a road at a distance of about 200 yards. (Apparently seen from their home in a new subdivision) He estimated it to be 7 feet tall, covered with dark hair. He ran for his binoculars and by the time he got back the creature was at the end of the road, a distance it took him 6 minutes to walk. He saw the Graham, he saw a creature as big as a man but covered with creature cross the road, 17 feet wide, in three steps.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Pierce Cty
- Nearest Town
- Graham
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 6
- Latitude
- 4702--
- Longitude
- 12217--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Related incident id
- 1000750
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- James Dawson letter to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1975
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Crossed 17-foot road in three steps.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- James Dawson
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 6
- Age
- 10 to 15