Incident #1000893
Rimrock, Yakima Cty, Washington
Aug 1977
Account
Vernita Frazier, on a family picnic near Clear Lake on Hwy. 12, went back for her coat when group started on a hike, and saw a black, hairy creature at least 7.5 feet tall coming down the trail towards her, no more than 10 feet away. She screamed, it stopped and growled, then turned and ran up the hill. The other four heard her scream and the growl, and caught glimpses of the beast as it cleared a hilltop, thrashing through brush and small trees. Prior to the sighting the group had heard a whistling sound and a deep growl, but thought it was some boys trying to scare them.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 27 1977
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Yakima Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rimrock
- Direction from Town
- West Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4641--
- Longitude
- 12111--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Yakima, Wash., Herald-Republic, quoting Vernita Fr
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- AUG 28 1977
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Lips
- full
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- made a noise, fled
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- growl
- Reaction
- approached, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- Witness thought red on chest might be from a recent wound.
- Different Colour on
- chest
- Second Colour
- red
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- FC
- Interviewer
- Charles Lamb
- Interview date
- AUG 28 1977
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shouted, fled
- No of witnesses
- 5
- Age
- 10 to 15