Incident #1001013
Creswell, Lane Cty, Oregon
Sep 1969
Account
Credibility problem, see 1000309 Joe Bayless told Bob Betts that when he was staying at the home of a prospecting partner, Jack Riffe, 2.5 miles out of Creswell, he went outside with a 30-30 to see why there was a commotion in the horse corral about 11 p.m. on a moonless hight. At about 50 feet he noticed an 8-foot object in the corral and dropped down to try to silhouette it, seeing a stocky human form. He fired a shot to scare it, but it screamed and jumped the 6-foot corral fence. He fired again as it disappeared in the trees. Next morning Bayless, Riffe and some other men found manlike tracks estimated 20 inches long, and quite a bit of blood. They followed a blood trail a half mile.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Creswell
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 6
- Latitude
- 4354--
- Longitude
- 12301--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- livestock
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- made noise, fled
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- no obvious light
- Visibility Index
- 3
Source
- Source
- Bob Betts quoting Joe Bayless
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- NOV 1970
- Source reliability
- 2
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1970
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- made a noise, jumped
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- livestock
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Horses in corral made a commotion. Creature jumped 6-foot fence after shot.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- blood, footprints
- Additional Movement
- fled, crossed fence, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Betts
- Interview date
- NOV 20 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- ranching
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- several
- Other report by this witness
- 4