Incident #1000865
Lummi, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Dec 1975
Account
Warren James Jr., duck hunting, parked on Red River Road and started to walk towards a hummock of land above the flood water in the fields when about 100 feet away a black creature, close to 8 feet, jumped up and ran off through the water. It ran easily in water thigh high on a man. James ran back to his car and fled in shock. John Beckjord later found 100 yards down the field indistinct tracks 2.5 inches longer than his boot, seemingly barefoot, and deeper than human tracks, coming out of the water to the road.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 07 1975
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lummi
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.1
- Latitude
- 4849--
- Longitude
- 12236--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- road
- Super Human Action
- Ran through water thigh-high on a man
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000856, 1000868
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- planted
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Rainfall
- wet
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Warren James Jr. intv. by John Beckjord
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JAN 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1976
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- ran
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- farm plants
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- travel
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- There were carrots in a raised part of the field.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.5
- Average Depth
- deep
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Relation to Water
- leaving water
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- road
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Beckjord
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 1