Incident #1000902
Snohomish, Snohomish Cty, Washington
Jul 1979
Account
Kathy Austin was driving to her home near Forest Glade late at night when she saw something moving. She stopped momentarily and a very tall creature hairy, with broad shoulders and a huge head, coming up over a hill. She could not see the lower part before she took off.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Snohomish Cty
- Nearest Town
- Snohomish
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 3
- Latitude
- 475---
- Longitude
- 1220---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- creek
- General
- some small
Weather and light
- Lighting
- no obvious light
- Visibility Index
- 3
Source
- Source
- Snohomish County Tribune, Everett, Washington, quo
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAR 21 1979
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- APR 1979
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- scream
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Kathy Austin had heard screams and smelled a terrible smell, but the screams are not directly connected with the sighting incident, and it is not clear whether the smell is. Screams and smells were common in the Machias, Forest Glade area at the time.
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- large
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1