Incident #1001028
Cannon Beach, Clatsop Cty, Oregon
1971
Account
Observer was driving towards Portland on Hwy. 26, East of the Saddle Mountain Park road, when a black sasquatch came down off the bank and ran across the road in front of his car, went over the guard rail and on down the bank. He rolled his window down and could smell it.
When
- Year
- 1971
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Clatsop Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cannon Beach
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 1200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 8
- Latitude
- 4554--
- Longitude
- 1234---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- high bank
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- South
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Grace Gensman quoting unnamed man
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- NOV 1976
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- descending hill
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- crossed road, went down slope
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Odour
- strong
- Evidence Left
- odour
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Grace Gensman Hamby, Rt. 1, Box 967, Astoria, Oregon
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- No of witnesses
- 1