Incident #1000907
Forks, Clallam Cty, Washington
Feb 1979
Account
Gail Buchert was working as a tree thinner on Gunderson Mountain (not on map and presumably a small mountain) near Forks. For some time felt she was being watched, then saw about 65 feet away, downhill, a 9-foot, slender creature with long arms and legs with its left arm wrapped around a tree leaning out watching her. The other arm hung down. Hair was about three inches long, dark brown but lighter at the tips. Face flat and smooth-skinned, onger hair on head, with what looked like bangs swept to the side. Very short neck. Hunched over look. When it realized it was seen it walked smoothly into the thicket.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Clallam Cty
- Nearest Town
- Forks
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Latitude
- 475---
- Longitude
- 1241---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many small
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Gail E. Buchert writing to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- MAY 03 1982
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1982
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Tone
- two-tone
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- short
- Expression
- curious
- Nose
- no snout
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- tree
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- Creature had one arm around a small tree, leaning out.
- Different Colour on
- hair ends
- Second Colour
- light brown
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30