Incident #1001009
La Grande, Oregon
Mar 1959
Account
Ray McFarland, Doug Holman and Leonard Knight were on a pleasure flight over the Wallowa Mountains when they saw near Horseshoe Lake (not on 1:250,000 map) a hairy half-man, half-beast tearing at the carcass of a small animal in the snow. Clouds prevented them from returning for a second look. McFarland used binoculars, and said it appeared that patches of skin could be seen, and that the creature's hind legs were longer than the front limbs. (Note that the story was published April 1.)
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 29 1959
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1959
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- Nearest Town
- La Grande
- Direction from Town
- East
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Snow Condition
- snow
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Name of paper not recorded. Datelined La Grande, O
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- APR 01 1959
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- stooped
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- short
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- handled something
- Aggressive To
- small animal
- Object Handled
- animal
- Eating
- small animal
- Attracted By
- wild animal prey
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- flying
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 3