Incident #1000972
Cottage Grove, Lane Cty, Oregon
early 1930's
Account
Bob Bailey and George Small, hunting cougar in the winter near the head of Mosby Creek, had started up Sharps Creek and were hiking over to Cougar Bend when Bailey saw a large animal resembling a gorilla walking away from him on two feet, about 300 feet away. They examined large humanlike tracks which their bear dogs would not follow. The dogs acted scared.
When
- Year
- early 1930's
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cottage Grove
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 7000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 433---
- Longitude
- 1224---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Cottage Grove Sentinel, quoting Bob Bailey
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUL 13 1972
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 4
- Jwg file date
- 1974
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- avoided
- Describe Unsual
- Bear hounds would not follow the tracks and acted frightened until well away from the site.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Remarks
- Tracks may have been in snow, since it was winter, but this is not stated.
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- newspaper reporter
- Interview date
- JUL 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30