Incident #1000856
Lummi, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Oct 1975
Account
First many incidents on the Lummi Reservation in the fall of 1975. (Town of Lummi on the reservation does not appear on road maps, but is on the 1:250,000 map. It is about 6 miles West Northwest of Bellingham. A road map may show a "Lummi" on Lummi Island, which is not part of the reservation. The proper name for this town is "Lummi Island") Dewey Solomon told Sgt. Cooper that he and his wife were driving South on Haxton Way near Cagey Road at about 2 p.m., going about 30 miles an hour, when a dark, upright creature about four or five feet tall appeared running just in front of their car. It kept pace for about 150 yards, then jumped off the road into the brush. It had a brownish red streak down its back, the rest was almost black. Arms were longer than a man's and legs not as straight, but it did not use its hands in running. Its face was black but not hairy. Nose was flat and turned up, eyes were small.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 02 1975
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lummi
- Direction from Town
- South Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 484520
- Longitude
- 1223733
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Super Human Action
- Kept pace with car, not clocked
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000857, 1000868
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- over half mile
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Sgt. Ken Cooper intv. Dewey Soloman
- Source Type
- police report
- Source Date
- OCT 02 1975
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- small
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Colour
- dark
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- small nose
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- running
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- maintained distance
- Speed
- fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Reaction
- fled from
- Knees
- always bent
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Brownish red colour was just a streak down the back. Dewey Solomon said it appeared to be an ape. Height estimate was between 4 and 5 feet.
- Different Colour on
- back
- Second Colour
- red brown
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 30 mph
- Additional Movement
- turned, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Ken Coooper
- Interview date
- OCT 02 1975
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2