Incident #1001062
Klamath Falls, Klamath Cty, Oregon
Jun 1976
Account
George Morrison, head naturalist at Crater Lake National Park, was driving South on Hwy. 62 inside the park about 7.30 p.m. when he saw a dark, tawny animal moving down the left bank a half mile or more away. As he approached and it stepped out on the road, he realized it was much taller than an elk was walking upright. In about four strides it was across the road and up the right bank. It paused at the top of the bank, turned and looked towards the car momentarily, then disappeared. Morrison looked for tracks at the time, and marked the spot for an extensive search later, covering a wide area, but no tracks were found.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 12 1976
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Klamath Cty
- Nearest Town
- Klamath Falls
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 55
- Population of Town
- 16000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 52
- Latitude
- 42482-
- Longitude
- 12206--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- high bank
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001067
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- canyon, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- forest litter, broken rock
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine, alder
- Variety
- buckbrush, snowberry, willow
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Report by George Morrison
- Source Type
- deposition
- Source Date
- 1983
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1983
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went down slope, crossed road, went up slope
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watched
- Additional Movement
- stopped still, watched observer, walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Other report by this witness
- 2