Incident #1000900
Toppenish, Yakima Cty, Washington
Apr 1978
Account
Member of Yakima Nation who will not give name was fishing on Logy Creek near Logy Falls when he heard something in brush and grass behind him, turned and saw creature with a face like an ape and stood 7 feet tall. It gave a screech and began violently shaking a branch with one hand. The fisherman fled across the creek and ran to his car. The creature followed on the other side of the creek.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 30 1978
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Yakima Cty
- Nearest Town
- Toppenish
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 6500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 461---
- Longitude
- 1203---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- General undergrowth
- grass
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Yakima, Wash., Valley Sun, quoting William Vogel q
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUN 08 1978
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1978
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- maintained distance
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Used
- for shaking
- Object Handled
- tree
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- approached, ran after
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1