Incident #1000956
Milton-Freewater, Umatilla Cty, Oregon
1983
Account
Gary Wielert and others were in camp at Big Meadows, on a high ridge between Mill Creek and the North Fork of the Walla Walla River during an elk hunt. They saw what they took to be another hunter walking across the meadow towards them, but when about 100 yards away it turned back across the meadow, reached the edge of the timber, paused and looked back, then went down into the canyon. Observing it through their scope sights in twilight, they noted only that it was large, heavy and dark in colour.
When
- Year
- 1983
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Umatilla Cty
- Nearest Town
- Milton-Freewater
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 42
- Latitude
- 4555--
- Longitude
- 11811--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plateau
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- Slope
- ridge crest
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Cryptozoology 11, 1992, James Hewkin article, quot
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- 1993
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JN 1994
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turned, walked away, turned around
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Animal appeared calm and unconcerned, apparently not recognizing camp at first.
- Additional Movement
- watched observer, entered woods, went down slope
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Jim Hewkin
- Witness Saw with
- scope sight
- Observer Was
- hunting, camping
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- several