Incident #1000953
Dora, Coos Cty, Oregon
about 1922
Account
Juanita Haines, then 7, and her sister, 5, saw a very large grey creature, apparently hair-covered, run across a clearing towards them on two legs. It was about a quarter mile away, and had covered about half the distance to them when they fled.
When
- Year
- about 1922
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Coos Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dora
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 4309--
- Longitude
- 12359--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Grover Krantz quoting letter from Juanita Haines
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1975
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- approached
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Not clear if the creature had seen the two little girls.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- under 10