Incident #1000864
Lummi, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Nov 1975
Account
Sgt. Ken Cooper's second daughter was sitting on the beach at dawn in front of her home on Lummi Shore Drive as fog was lifting. She watched for some time as a sasquatch stood and swam in shallow water, apparently fishing.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 23 1975
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lummi
- Direction from Town
- South
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.1
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- shore
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000856, 1000868
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- ocean
- Exact Terrain
- water
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- fog
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Sgt. Ken Cooper, intv. by John Green, telling daug
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- DEC 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- swam
- Reaction
- did not see
- Attracted By
- fish
- Water Activity
- wading, swimming
- Use of Water
- catch fish
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ken Cooper
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Position
- seated
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1