Incident #1000981
Bend, Deschutes Cty, Oregon
1957
Account
Gary Joanis and John Newall were hunting near Wanoga Butte. Joanis saw a small deer enter a clearing and shot it. As he waited to be sure it was dead a hairy-covered biped at least 9 feet tall emerged from the same place the deer had come from, picked up the deer with one arm, turned and walked off with tremendous strides, making a strange whistling scream. Joanis shot it in the back, emptying his 30.06, without effect. He did not follow it. Hair on the creature's arms was extremely long. Not clear if Newall saw it.
When
- Year
- 1957
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Deschutes Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bend
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 18000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 4354--
- Longitude
- 12132--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Carried off deer, despite shots in back with 30.06
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- none
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Gary Joanis, old intvs. by Lee Trippett and by Joh
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1965
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1965
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Longer on
- arms
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- picked something up, turned around, walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- deer
- Arms Used
- for picking up, for carrying
- Object Handled
- animal
- Sound
- whistle, scream
- Reaction
- ignored
- Attracted By
- wild animal prey
- Describe Unsual
- Small deer entered clearing apparently oblivious to what was ahead and concerned about what was behind it.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Lee Trippett, John Green
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20