Incident #1000903
Cougar, Skamania Cty, Washington
Aug 1978
Account
Sandy and Tex Jacobs were two of a group of nine camping two miles North of the mouth of Ape Canyon just off Forest Road N92 (Area destroyed in eruption of Mount St. Helens). About 1.30 a.m. their trailer rocked violently and something hit the side. Tex went out and heard something splash through the creek. In the morning they found about 35 footprints, some quite clear, of two individuals, 15 inches and 12 inches, very deep at the heel, no arch. About 10 a.m. they heard two "blood-curdlin" screams from the hill to the Northeast. Some tracks found near a blue huckleberry patch where both leaves and berries had been stripped. A Weyerhauser Paper Co. watchman, who had a trailer near theres, said his trailer had also been hit the night before, and he came out with a frying pan for a weapon and almost ran into "a big hairy man", which ran away. A lot of hair found, plus feces, a place where something large had urinated, and a strong, sickening smell around, not necessarily anything to do with footprints.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 09 1978
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skamania Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cougar
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 4614--
- Longitude
- 12205--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
Source
- Source
- The Track Record, No. 16, quoting Sandy and Tex Ja
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- NOV 1992
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1992
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- fled
- Arms Used
- for shaking
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Sound
- scream
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- natural food plants, human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Tracks near blue huckleberry patch where both berries and leaves stripped. Camper trucks with people in them shaken in the middle of the night.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Heel
- 2.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.50
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 35
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity, natural food plants
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 12.0
- Heel
- 2.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.50
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity, natural food plants
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Ray Crowe
- Interview date
- APR 12 1992
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, in truck
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 9