Incident #1000858
Lummi, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Oct 1975
Account
Capt. Guardipee and his step daughters were putting plastic over his hay at the old Navy base when he heard something in the bush. Got his revolver and went to the edge of the field, heard something moving just inside the brush, so walked along parallel. When he saw it, it was a hairy man about 6 feet tall. He fired a wild shot and it went down with one hand on the ground, then stood up and ran to a wooded area behind the field. Guardipee fired twice more, but thinks he missed. Ond daughter, Sam, also saw it. Police looked for tracks next day but found no good ones. Some hair collected.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 09 1975
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lummi
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 100
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- pasture
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000856, 1000867
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- none
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- many small
- Undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Police Capt. Fred Guardipee intv. by Sgt. Ken Coop
- Source Type
- police report
- Source Date
- OCT 09 1975
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- got down, got up
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- fled from
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- When shot fired over its head the creature dropped to its knees, one hand on the ground, before getting up and running.
- Additional Movement
- ran, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Sgt. Ken Cooper
- Interview date
- OCT 06 1975
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 2