Incident #1000935
North Bend, King Cty, Washington
Oct 1985
Account
Parked in Pat Tuttle's driveway, backed in facing across 434th Ave. and down 173rd Place hill. Driveway very steep. Something came out of trees between houses onto 173rd about 500 feet away, with driveway light from house behind silhouetting it. It wandered up the road towards them, coming within 20 feet, stopped a few seconds, then went left on 434th, faced left towards a bright light from another house, then jumped over three-foot bush and went into trees. Witnesses took flashlights and tried to follow, but only heard it. Height estimated by street sign it stood by. Steps too long for human, and human could not have leaped brush as it did. Dog barking at corner house until creature got close, then quiet. Creature ignored dog, but seemed confused.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1985
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- King Cty
- Nearest Town
- North Bend
- Direction from Town
- South Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 7.5
- Population of Town
- 6500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 7
- Latitude
- 4802--
- Longitude
- 12210--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Super Human Action
- Strides, and way jumped 3-ft bush, impossible for human
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- Northeast
- Nearby Water
- lake, river
- Distance to Water
- over half mile
- Substratum
- gravel, forest litter
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mixed ages
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- fir, cedar, alder
- Variety
- huckleberry, blackberry, blueberry
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Humidity
- moderate
- Lighting
- street light, light from habitation
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Jeffrey Mika intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 1994
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1993
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Tone
- solid
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Expression
- frightened
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Back of Head
- flat at back
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- very wide
- Abdomen
- slim
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- medium
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- North
- Later Movement
- stopped still, turned right, walked away
- Speed
- medium
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- avoided
- Way of Walking
- flat foot
- Knees
- always bent
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Dog at nearby house barked until creature got close, then silent. Creature sometimes dragged its feet.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Different Colour on
- calves, neck
- Second Colour
- light
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 7 mph
- Additional Movement
- jumped, went up slope
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MAY 1993
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40