Incident #1000992
North Bend, Douglas Cty, Oregon
1966
Account
Bernard Sherwood and his brother were hunting bear (season open year round) in the hills near Loon Lake, when they saw a huge creature standing in the middle of the right fork of the road. As their jeep approached it ran away and disappeared in the brush. It was extremely heavy, covered with long white hair, and ran in a very stooped position, sometimes seemingly on all fours. They did not see its face and could not estimate its height, but were positive that it was not a bear. Weight guessed at 400 to 500 pounds.
When
- Year
- 1966
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- North Bend
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 23
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 433---
- Longitude
- 1234---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Mike Jay quoting Bernard Sherwood, Coos Bay, inter
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- DEC 1973
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- very stooped
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- white
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled, entered woods
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Gary Williamson
- Interview date
- 1965
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting, in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 2