Incident #1000908
Arlington, Snohomish Cty, Washington
Jun 1979
Account
J.J. Senko was driving South on Highway 9 about three miles South of Arlington when he saw a hairy creature 7 to 9 feet tall run across the raod very fast about 70 yards in front of him. It emerged from and entered heavy brush.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 08 1979
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Snohomish Cty
- Nearest Town
- Arlington
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 4
- Latitude
- 4808--
- Longitude
- 122064-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Everett, Wash., Herald, Jim Casey quoting J.J. Sen
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUN 04 1979
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1979
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Speed
- very fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Jim Casey
- Interview date
- MAY 1979
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1