Incident #1000884
Leavenworth, Chelan Cty, Washington
Jan 1977
Account
Dean DeWees and his nephew Dave Kernoul went to investigate a commotion in the chicken coop at the Brendera Ranch near Ingalls Creek and saw a 7-foot, grey, gorillalike animal. Kernoul fired four shots at it and with a shotgun and thinks it was hit at least once. They said the animal came back later and grabbed some chickens. Wildlife agent Jim Mares said there were bear tracks at the scene. (One story is that the animal ran off on all fours.) DeWess insists it was not a bear.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 23 1977
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Chelan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Leavenworth
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 9
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4727--
- Longitude
- 12040--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- showed impact
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Nearby Water
- creek
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Yakima, Wash., Herald Republic quoting Dean DeWess
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 25 1977
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Later Movement
- got down, fled
- Aggressive To
- chickens
- Attracted By
- livestock
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Animal was apparently after chickens. It may have run off on all fours.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40