Incident #1001054
The Dalles, Wasco Cty, Oregon
Jul 1975
Account
Bob Bellemy, his wife and Mr. and Mrs. James Stevens reported to have seen a grey apelike creature from a distance of about 450 yards near Tygh Valley, and to have watched it for 2 or 3 minutes until it ran away. Another AP story from The Dalles tells of a group of six persons watching a 7-foot grey apelike creature on a ridge south of The Dalles for several munutes in July, 1975. Information from both stories is combined in this entry, assuming that since four witnesses are identified something of the sort probably did happen, even though the information in both instances apparently comes through Byrne.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Wasco Cty
- Nearest Town
- The Dalles
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 24
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 451---
- Longitude
- 1211---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Slope
- ridge crest
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Portland Oregonian, Assoc. Press from The Dalles q
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUL 26 1975
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Peter Byrne
- Interview date
- 1975
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 4