Incident #1001055
Sutherlin, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Nov 1975
Account
Informant hunting with two other men in the foothills of the Cascades, entered the bottom of brushy canyon while the other two took the two sides. Almost immediately he came upon a humanoid footprint in damp sand on a gravel bar, 17 to 18 inches long and half as wide. Later heard two shots, and subsequently found one of his companions locked in their pickup, obviously frightened. Eventually this man told of shooting a small elk and having a large, hairy, apelike animal step out of the brush, walking erect, "like a gorilla, but bigger, with very long arms". It grabbed the elk by a haunch and dragged it away uphill "with very little effort."
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sutherlin
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 3500
- Latitude
- 432---
- Longitude
- 1225---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Dragged off elk hunter had shot
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found previously
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- canyon
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- The Track Record No. 30, Mike Jay quoting anonymou
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- AUG 1993
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 1
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1993
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- picked something up, went up slope, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Used
- for picking up, hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- animal
- Eating
- other
- Reaction
- ignored
- Attracted By
- wild animal prey
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature grabbed small elk that had been shot and dragged it away, presumably to eat.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.5
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Mike Jay (direct interview as to track only)
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 1