Incident #1000996
Wolf Creek, Josephine Cty, Oregon
before 1975
Account
Young man told Barbara Wasson that while camped near Wolf Creek (not clear if the town of that name or the creek itself) he heard noises in the brush and in the stream nearby, shone a truck spotlight and saw a reddish-brown creature with long arms standing in the water. Campers left.
When
- Year
- before 1975
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Josephine Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wolf Creek
- Latitude
- 424---
- Longitude
- 1232---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- stream
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- spotlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Barbara Wasson, quoting an unnamed acquaintance
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- MAY 1975
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Attracted By
- water
- Water Activity
- wading
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Barbara Wasson
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1