Incident #1001049
Hood River, Hood River Cty, Oregon
May 1974
Account
Jack Cochran was operating a log loader on Fir Mountain (not on 1:250,000 map) somewhere North of Mount Hood mountain and South of Mount Hood town when he saw at the edge of the clearcut a broad-shouldered creature about 7 feet tall, covered with dark hair. It moved off into the trees. Stories differ as to whether it was walking or standing still when Cochran first saw it. Next day at least one other logger on the same job reported seeing something similar. (1001050)
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 12 1974
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Hood River Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hood River
- Direction from Town
- South
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Latitude
- 453---
- Longitude
- 1213---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001050
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- logging slash
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Jack Cochran quoted in undated clippings from Asso
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUL 19 1977
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Shoulders
- wide
- Later Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity, machine activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature walked with a graceful motion.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging, machine work
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50