Incident #1000891
Grisdale, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
Aug 1977
Account
Johnnie Griffin and Roy were in bed in a van, she was not yet asleep when she saw two huge hands on the window and something bending over to to look in. After 3 or 4 minutes woke Roy, who said "Go back to bed." The intruder growled and gave the van a shove, making it rock back and forth. She saw white teeth. Roy heard heavy footsteps running away.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Grisdale
- Direction from Town
- North
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 472---
- Longitude
- 1223---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Miss Johnnie Griffin, letter to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- FEB 07 1977
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAR 1979
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hands
- large
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, made a noise, fled
- Arms Used
- for shaking
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Sound
- growl
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Shook vehicle
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2