Incident #1000944
Grande Ronde Riv, Oregon
before 1972
Account
Witness was fly fishing for summer steelhead in the Grande Ronde River in Northeastern Oregon when he noticed a very large animal sitting on a rock watching him. He kept an eye on it as he fished and it continued to stare at him for about 15 minutes, then stood upright and walked up the canyon out of sight. Estimated height 8 feet.
When
- Year
- before 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Grande Ronde Riv
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- rock
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- canyon
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Salmon-Trout-Steelheader, editor's note quoting sc
- Source Type
- magazine
- Source Date
- APR-MAY '72
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1974
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got up, walked away
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Editor, Salmon-Trout-Steelheader.
- Interview date
- 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1