Incident #1000859
Lummi, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Oct 1975
Account
Harold Demoines told Sgt. Cooper he had seen a big black hairy man in the Finkboner gravel pit off Haxton Way. That evening Sgt. Cooper and Officer Leland Cooper checked the pit and found five good tracks deep in dirt. Pictures were taken, four toes, very long and wide. (Presume the 18.5" by 7" tracks elsewhere referred to by Sgt. Cooper.)
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 10 1975
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lummi
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- gravel pit
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000856, 1000868
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- 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
- 6
Source
- Source
- Sgt Ken Cooper intv. Harold Demoines. Also track f
- Source Type
- police report
- Source Date
- )CT 10 1975
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1975
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.5
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Average Depth
- deep
- Estimated Age
- 4
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 5
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Sgt. Ken Cooper
- Interview date
- OCT 10 1975
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- many
- Age
- 10 to 15