Incident #1000862
Lummi, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Nov 1975
Account
A sheriff's officer from Bellingham recorded over his police radio a scream heard by Sgt. Ken Cooper at close range. When the tape of this scream was played in the gravel pit, Sam Cooper saw a sasquatch appear and walk towards the car. He shot and it took off. The scream was heard at 8 p.m. Nov 1, at Chief Martin Road. In other incidents, three dogs were reported killed by bites in the throat, and a horse received a mysterious, serious, tear in its neck while in the barn.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lummi
- Population of Town
- 200
- 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
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- fled
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Sgt. Ken Cooper intv by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- DEC 1975
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- fled
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- approached, fled from
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature fled after Sam Cooper shot at it.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Sgt. Ken Cooper
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- No of witnesses
- 2