Incident #1000852
Skykomish, King Cty, Washington
Aug 1975
Account
John Gates, George Robinson, Gregg Proctor and Pat Condon were hiking into the mountains for a week. At the top of a crevasse at the end of a canyon they heard a crashing in the brush, then saw something massive staring at them from about 20 feet above. Thought it was a bear until it took a four inch branch and lifted it about 3 feet with one hand to get a better look. Shouted to scare it off without effect, then fired .22's over its head and it took off. So did they. They were headed for Crater Lake (small lake not on map) and thought they were close to it. Incident 1000854, same witnesses, same trip, indicates they were South of Skykomish.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 22 1975
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- King Cty
- Nearest Town
- Skykomish
- Direction from Town
- South
- Population of Town
- 100
- Latitude
- 473---
- Longitude
- 1212---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- cliff
- Related incident id
- 1000854
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- fled
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- cliff
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Wind
- windy
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- downpour
- Lighting
- heavy cloud
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- John Gates written account given to John Christman
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1986
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- handled something
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Object Handled
- tree
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature ignored shouts, but fled after a .22 rifle was fired over its head.
- Additional Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Christman
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- shouted, shot, fled
- No of witnesses
- 4