Incident #1001029
Cannon Beach, Clatsop Cty, Oregon
Nov 1976
Account
Cheralyn Coffee, 15, was with a Lewis and Clark Church group hiking up Saddle Mountain on Hallowe'en. She got behind on the steep trail and was resting when she saw the bushes move and a humanlike creature covered with longish grey hair except on the face pushed back the brush with one hand and turned to look up the trail where the other hikers were making a noise, then turned back into the bush. She ran back to camp. Gensman states that she knows of several reports from this trail and the area between the highway and the ocean.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Clatsop Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cannon Beach
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 1200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4557--
- Longitude
- 12340-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- trail
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Grace Gensman quoting Cheralyn Coffee
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- NOV 1974
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- handled something, turned, entered woods
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Object Handled
- tree
- Reaction
- did not see
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was looking up the trail towards where other hikers were shouting
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Grace Gensman Hamby, Rt. 1, Box 967, Astoria, Oregon
- Interview date
- NOV 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 10 to 15