Incident #1000843
Marietta, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Aug 1974
Account
Phayer Phair, 13, said he was entering the Nooksack River from Bellingham Bay when he saw two sasquatches standing on a sandbar about 175 feet away looking at him. He thought one was a female. The bigger one picked up a heavy metal object, perhaps an abandoned outboard motor, and walked off with it, then began to tear it apart. Phair backed off. When he returned later he got stuck in the sand. The creature was still tearing apart the metal object.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marietta
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 4846--
- Longitude
- 12234--
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- sandbar
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river, ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- John Beckjord intv. with Phayer Phair
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JAN 1977
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- picked something up, walked away
- Arms Used
- for picking up, for breaking
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Reaction
- watched
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Two creatures, little description, one thought to be female, the other picked up and tore apart a metal object.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Beckjord
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on small boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, departed slowly, came back
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 10 to 15