Incident #1001077
Heppner, Morrow Cty, Oregon
Oct 1978
Account
Larry Waldo was hidden behind some small evergreens, hunting elk near Penland Lake, and watching a skid road along the creek bottom of a ravine, when he watched for 5 minutes as a dark, black-brown creature walked along erect 600 feet or more away, then suddenly took a few strides downhill, covering 100 feet or more, arms swinging, then clattered up a shale slope, while some deer scooted out of the way.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- morning
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Morrow Cty
- Nearest Town
- Heppner
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 4506--
- Longitude
- 11918--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- water
- Super Human Action
- 100 feet downhill in a few strides
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- logging slash
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- The Track Record No 25, quoting Larry Waldo
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- MAR 1993
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1993
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went down slope, went up slope
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Describe Unsual
- deer fled
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ray Crowe?
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- far
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1