Incident #1000960
Quincy, Plumas Cty, California
Feb 1994
Account
Nate Soileau and Dan Fields were driving on Hwy 89 five miles East of Quincy at midnight, when they saw a creature walk across the highway from the side of the road. It was 9 to 10 feet tall, had no snout, covered with black hair, and was across the road and up the steep bank in nothing flat.. Soileau looked for tracks next day but found nothing.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 03 1994
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1994
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Plumas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Quincy
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 34
- Latitude
- 39553-
- Longitude
- 120511-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000959
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Feather River Bulletin, quoting Nate Soileau and D
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- FEB 09 1994
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1994
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- crossed road, crossed view field
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Small hairy biped seen at approximately the same spot a quarter hour later.
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Additional Movement
- went up slope
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- No of witnesses
- 2