Incident #1000919
Castle Rock, Cowlitz Cty, Washington
May 1980
Account
Man phoned the Anthropology Department at the University of Washington to say that while getting away from Mount St. Helens after the eruption he and some companions saw a big hairy bipedal creature walk out of the forest and onto the road on the other side of a bridge they had just crossed. It looked briefly at them then turned around and walked quickly back in the woods. The anthropologist he talked to did not bother to record any specifics, not even the informant's name.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 18 1980
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Cowlitz Cty
- Nearest Town
- Castle Rock
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Latitude
- 461---
- Longitude
- 1222---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bridge
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Bob Walls quoting anthropoligist quoting caller
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- AUG 1980
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1980
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Additional Movement
- turned around, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect