Incident #1001085
Gresham, Multnomah Cty, Oregon
1980
Account
Kay Martin, David Brown and Claudia Herholz were in a car in Dabney State Park about 11:15 p.m. when they saw a 9-foot creature come up an embankment, stop and look at the car, cross the road and climb a very steep bank. Estimated four feet through chest, side view. Next day Kay's father, Norman Martin, took pictures of 16-inch by 4-inch tracks "all over down by the (Sandy) river," with a 43-inch distance between them.
When
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Multnomah Cty
- Nearest Town
- Gresham
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 33000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 3
- Latitude
- 4501--
- Longitude
- 12221-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Portland Oregon Journal, Paul Keller quoting Claud
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- OCT 7 1980
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1980
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Torso Side
- very wide
- Movement
- climbing hill
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- approached, watched, avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature appeared very calm. "He just looked at us, stopped and then kept walking."
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- crossed road, went up slope
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 4.0
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Relation to Water
- near water
- Foot Shape
- narrow
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Paul Keller, Oregon Journal
- Interview date
- OCT 1980
- 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
- shouted, kept going
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20