Incident #1000945
Estacada, Clackamus Cty, Oregon
before 1963
Account
Informant and two companions fishing on a wilderness lake "beyond Estacada" saw an animal on shore, "hairy but almost human." Rowed to shore, to find the fourth member of their party throwing rocks into the brush. He said that the creature was 7 feet tall, could weigh 400 pounds, and had circled him in his sleeping bag. It went into a thicket when he threw stones at it.
When
- Year
- before 1963
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Clackamus Cty
- Nearest Town
- Estacada
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Population of Town
- 1400
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Oregon Journal, Keith Soesbe article, quoting a fr
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- AUG 05 1963
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1963
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- approached, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- approached, watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature left only when rocks thrown at it. At first approached close to man in sleeping bag.
- Additional Movement
- fled, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Kieth Soesbe, 2927 N.E. Everett, Portland, Oregon
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, boat, on small boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 4