Incident #1001060
St. Helens, Columbia Cty, Oregon
1976
Account
Larry Baley and his wife were in a vehicle driving on Hwy 30 near the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, when a 7.5-foot creature appeared din his headlights, took two giant steps to cross the road, leaped a wide ditch and "flew" up the steep hillside. Was light coloured, with long hair.
When
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Columbia Cty
- Nearest Town
- St. Helens
- Direction from Town
- North
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 460---
- Longitude
- 1225---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Super Human Action
- Crossed road in two steps and "flew" up steep hillside
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Humidity
- downpour
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- The Track Record No. 13 apparently quoting Arlene
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- FEB 1992
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1992
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- light
- Movement
- running
- Direction
- West
- Later Movement
- jumped, went up slope
- Speed
- fast
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- ex fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Arlene Arp (his mother). or possibly Ray Crowe
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2