Incident #1001073
Newburg, Yamhill Cty, Oregon
Jan 1978
Account
Thomas Martin reported to state police that he had seen on two nights a 6-foot, 400 pound creature with a flat face, square teeth and hair 3.5 to 4 inches long all over its body. He said it was pulling garbage from a can in the hilly, wooded Rex Hill area. He reported it agalin on Jan. 22. Police could find no evidence.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 14 1978
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Yamhill Cty
- Nearest Town
- Newburg
- Direction from Town
- North
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1.5
- Latitude
- 4518--
- Longitude
- 12258--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- hill
- Cover
- moderate
Source
- Source
- Newberg, Oregon, Graphic quoting Thomas Martin. A
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 26 1978
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- APR 1978
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- white
- Teeth
- even
- Nose
- no snout
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Attracted By
- refuse
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was pulling garbage from a can.
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- No of witnesses
- 1