Incident #1000880
Marietta, Whatcome Cty, Washington
Aug 1976
Account
Man said as he was getting in his car about 11.30 p.m. he noticed a black creature, about 7.5 feet, standing next to his garage and chicken coop. He honked his horn at it and it shuffled into the woods about 25 feet away. He called the sheriff's office, but the ground was too hard to show tracks.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 03 1976
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcome Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marietta
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 4846--
- Longitude
- 12234--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Bellingham, Wash., Herald, quoting Marietta man.
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- AUG 04 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Walking Stride
- short
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- MC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home, outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- harassed
- No of witnesses
- 2