Incident #1000888
Orting, Pierce Cty, Washington
1977
Account
Jon Beckjord quoting, apparently, Paula and/or Bill Owens: two neighbour men saw a large, erect, hairy animal cross the Carbon River at dawn, hide behind a root ball, still standing on two legs, then jump into the bushes.
When
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Pierce Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orting
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 1700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 3
- Latitude
- 47054-
- Longitude
- 122080-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- water
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- deciduous
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- cottonwood, maple, dogwood
- Variety
- huckleberry
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Jon Beckjord, apparently quoting second-hand story
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- APRIL 1978
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1978
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- hid, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- did not see
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- travel
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- No of witnesses
- 2