Incident #1001078
Hillsboro, Washington Cty, Oregon
Nov 1978
Account
Unidentified man called sheriff's office shortly after 3 a.m. to report that he had seen an 8-foot, furry creature walking around cars and looking through car windows near an overpass bridge on Baseline Road just East of Hillsboro.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 13 1978
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hillsboro
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 27000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 453100
- Longitude
- 12256--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- empty machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- level
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Portland, Oregon, Journal, quoting sheriff's deput
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- NOV 14 1978
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1978
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- ran
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was looking into parked cars.
- Position when first seen
- erect