Incident #1000990
Manzanita, Tillamook Cty, Oregon
Jul 1965
Account
Fred Fuscus, 15 years old, driving with his parents on Hwy 101 near Manzanita, when they saw an 8-foot sasquatch run across the road taking 6-foot "leaps" and go straight up a 45-degree bank. They stopped to look around and found huge footprints.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1965
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Tillamook Cty
- Nearest Town
- Manzanita
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 4542--
- Longitude
- 12355--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Super Human Action
- Crossed road in 6-ft leaps, went straight up 45 degree slope
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- The Track Record No. 25. Ray Crowe quoting Fred Fu
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- MAR 1993
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAR 1993
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- went up slope
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
Witness
- Sex
- BC
- Interviewer
- Ray Crowe
- Interview date
- 1993
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 10 to 15