Incident #1001030
Astoria, Clatsop Cty, Oregon
1974
Account
A former Astoria police officer said that he talked to two men who saw a reddish-buff sasquatch looking at them from a distance while they were hunting elk "away back in". It was big. The creature just studied them for a while, then disappeared in the underbrush. Acted curious, not hostile, but they preferred to hunt elsewhere.
When
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Clatsop Cty
- Nearest Town
- Astoria
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Latitude
- 460---
- Longitude
- 1234---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Grace Gensman quoting two former police officer qu
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- NOV 1976
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- former Astoria police officer talked to witnesses
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- a long way
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2