Incident #1000985
Madras, Wasco Cty, Oregon
about 1963
Account
Ralph Munson told Ray Crowe that his uncle Wendel, driving a truck for the Bend-Portland line, heading East on Hwy. 26, 15 to 25 miles past the crest on Mount Hood, saw something jump into the middle of the road just before dark. He stopped his cab-over truck and the thilng, which looked like an ape, came up and looked through the windshield, then through the side window, and then grabbed the cab and started to shake it. He honked the horn and flashed the lights and it ran up a sheer bank, very brushy, "just ran right up it." It had a man's shape and hands and feet, but a massive amount of long brownish-orange hair.
When
- Year
- about 1963
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Wasco Cty
- Nearest Town
- Madras
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 35
- Population of Town
- 2400
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 450---
- Longitude
- 1213---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Super Human Action
- Ran up steep brushy slope, was tall as 'cab-over' window
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- Southeast
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- The Track Record No.12, Ray Crowe quoting Ralph Mu
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- FEB 1992
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 2
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1992
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- jumping
- Later Movement
- approached, handled something
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- truck
- Arms Used
- for shaking
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Reaction
- approached, watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- machine activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature shook truck
- Additional Movement
- fled, went up slope
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ralph Munson, Portland, informant's nephew
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1