Incident #1000854
Skykomish, King Cty, Washington
Aug 1975
Account
John Gates, Pat Condon, Gregg Proctor and George Robinson Jr. were fishing at Lake Elizabeth (not on map) about 10 miles South of Skykomish, when they saw three creatures walking parallel to them about 50 yards away, two were 8 to 10 feet tall, and black. The other was 4.5 to 5 feet tall and dark brown. They were in sight for 90 seconds, seemed unconcerned about humans. High-pitched whistles had been heard that day.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 25 1975
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- King Cty
- Nearest Town
- Skykomish
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 473---
- Longitude
- 1212---
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Distance to Water
- close
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Grover Krantz, from tape made by Forest Service wi
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- SEP 23 1975
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Reaction
- ignored
- Describe Unsual
- Same information for two individuals.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Movement
- walking
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- U.S. Forest Service
- Interview date
- AUG 1975
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking, fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording