Incident #1001015
John Day, Grant Cty, Oregon
Oct 1972
Account
Herbert Roth and his father were hunting about 20 miles from John Day. At midnight, hearing a noise around their camp trailer, Herbert got out and saw by flashlight a 7 to 8-foot creature, black, heavy, with red-reflecting eyes, about 10 feet away. His father fired at it with a .357 magnum revolver, and it fled. Next morning they found no bloodstains, but did find 16-inch footprints.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 10 1972
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Grant Cty
- Nearest Town
- John Day
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 2000
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- none
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Substratum
- gravel
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- spotty
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Clarity
- overcast
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Herb Roth intv. by Jack Woodruff
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- SEP 5 1974
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1974
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- spacing
- wide set
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes
- Hair Thin on
- chest
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Shorter On
- face
- Face Colour
- light
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- medium
- Legs
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Jack Woodruff
- Interview date
- SEP 5 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting, camping
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, shot
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30