Incident #1001043
Estacada, Clackamus Cty, Oregon
Apr 1973
Account
Don Stratton driving to his home 12 miles East of Estacada when a chunk of wood flew out onto the road. He got out to see where it came from and saw about 25 feet away amid the small trees by the road a creature digging at the base of a stump that it was tearing apart. It stood erect and looked at him. Was about 5 feet tall, very heavily built, covered with thick hair, except sparse on throat and chest, where he could see muscles, and the skin looked the colour of a sunburned man. Face was flat, lower jaw heavy, mouth open, teeth even, no fangs. It sidestepped out of sight into the trees, as if it was too wide to move forward. Hair was brown with a silverish tinge.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 05 1973
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Clackamus Cty
- Nearest Town
- Estacada
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 1400
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4514--
- Longitude
- 12209--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many small
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- John Fuhrmann intv. Don Stratton
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- APR 1973
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- chest
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Tone
- two-tone
- Teeth
- even
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Nose
- no snout
- Mouth Open?
- open
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- got up, walked away
- Arms Used
- for throwing, for breaking
- Object Handled
- log
- Other Activity
- Creature was tearing a stump apart, and threw a chunk of wood onto the road.
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Fuhrmann
- Interview date
- MAY 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1