Incident #1001003
Forest Grove, Washington Cty, Oregon
Mar 1968 to 1969
Account
Richard Holzmeyer was spraying his orchard, on David Hill, when he saw on the logged hillside opposite what he thought was a man walking. Realized it wasn't a man and got up on a tractor for a better look. A black sasquatch was walking away from him at 150 to 200 yards. As it went behind a walnut tree, where it hid and looked back at him, its head brushed a limb later measured at 8 feet 2 inches. Head looked very round. Shiny worn spots on inside of calves as if hair worn away. Hair appeared short. Arms were short, only to crotch. He later looked for tracks, but found none. Snow, which had been heavy that winter, was mostly gone. Thought it might have been attracted by the whine of the sprayer, which was noisy.
When
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1968 to 1969
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Forest Grove
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 11000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 11
- Latitude
- 4533--
- Longitude
- 12309--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- easy
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- mixed
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- some small
- Species
- fir, walnut
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- The Track Record No. 19, Ray Crowe intv. Richard H
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- AUG 1992
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1992
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Shorter On
- calves
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Arms
- short
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- watched observer, hid
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- avoided, watched
- Attracted By
- machine activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ray Crowe
- Interview date
- 1992
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1