Incident #1000917
Bellevue, King Cty, Washington
Aug 1983
Account
Putting hose on back lawn at 1.30 a.m., Joe Downham saw a tall man looking through the gap in the curtains of a lighted bedroom in Mrs. Nelson's house opposite. Going closer he saw the "man" was covered with dirty, matted, greyish-brown fur, curled at the ends and tipped with grey, speckled with green moss or fungus. Downham hid behind a hedge and watched. The creature turned its head several times and he could see deep-set eyes and a flat nose. Head was round like a pumpkin. A larger creature, black hair with grey tips, with hair-covered face, narrower head, hump on back, appeared and joined in peering into bedroom occupied by two girls. Brown one had grey skin. Both had to stoop to look in the window, which was 7.5 feet off the ground. The brown one took three steps back into the garden, tilted its head back and made a long, loud call like a mournful wolf howl. Downham could then see heavy legs. Lights went on in other rooms and the pair left.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1983
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- King Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bellevue
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 0.1
- Population of Town
- 75000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 4
- Latitude
- 47342-
- Longitude
- 122083-
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000915, 1000916, 1000918, 1000930
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- garden
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree type
- mixed
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- some small
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- cultivated
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Joe Downham writing to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1985
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1985
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- spacing
- deep set
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- matted
- Hair Colour
- grey brown
- Hair Tone
- two-tone
- Face Colour
- light
- Teeth
- even
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Mouth Open?
- sometimes open
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- made a noise, walked away
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Sound
- howl
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- did not see
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature tilted its head back and made a loud call like a wolf howl, long and loud, rising and falling, ending in a very mournful sound like deep despair. When it shouted he could see two front teeth, big as thumbnails. It was looking in the window of a bedroom where two girls slept.
- Different Colour on
- hair ends
- Second Colour
- grey
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turned around
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- did not see
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green, also Kevin Lindley, who made tape.
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 61 to 70
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording
- Other report by this witness
- 5