Incident #1000877
Alger, Whatcom Cty, Washington
1976
Account
Two loggers living in trailers side by side went out to see why dogs were barking and saw a sasquatch about 30 feet away. They went in and got shotguns but did not shoot. One man threw scraps of tin at it, which it ignored, then it left.
When
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Alger
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 4835--
- Longitude
- 12219--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- yard light
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Rod Pullar quoting two loggers
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEPT 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Reaction
- ignored, avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Dogs were making a commotion. Creature paid no attention when pieces of "tin" thrown at it.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Rod Pullar
- Interview date
- 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, harassed
- No of witnesses
- 2