Incident #1000922
Granite Falls, Snohomish Cty, Washington
Aug 1980
Account
Man clearing land saw an animal beyond a burning brush pile. It walked into the open as he was going to his truck for his rifle and they both stood still for a minute about 40 feet apart, then he ran for his truck and it ran to the creek. It was taller than he, very broad shoulders, very wide, but tapered to a thin midsection and legs. Hair strawberry colour with some grey. Forehead protrucing, eyes wide apart and deep set, glowing amber although it was daylight. Arms hanging at its sides, then it put them together in front, one hand holding the other. Hair smooth and shiny from the waist down, tangled and matted above. He presumed it had travelled wading in the creek.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Snohomish Cty
- Nearest Town
- Granite Falls
- Population of Town
- 900
- Latitude
- 480---
- Longitude
- 1215---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Rella Morris tape to Peter Guttilla, quoting unnam
- Source Type
- hearsay
- Source Date
- APR 17 1981
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 1
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1981
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- spacing
- wide set
- Reflection
- reflected amber
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair curl
- kinky
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- red
- Hair Tone
- two-tone
- Shoulders
- wide
- Forehead Shape
- bulging
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Leg Width
- thin
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Use of Water
- travel
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature's eyes shone in daylight. Its hair was smooth from the waist down, unkempt above. Creature was heavy at top, thin from waist down. Its only motion, until the observer ran, was to grasp one hand with the other, hanging in front of its body.
- Different Colour on
- head
- Second Colour
- grey
- Additional Movement
- turned, fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1