Incident #1001090
John Day, Grant Cty, Oregon
Nov 1985
Account
Ross Turner was driving North on Hwy 395 just South of John Day, when he saw a very dark creature getting something out of a snowbank beside the road. Did not see it until it was very close. Estimated 5 ft. 8 in., long arms, narrow shoulders, very slim build. Eyes round and lighted without reflection. Face round and flat.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1985
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Grant Cty
- Nearest Town
- John Day
- Direction from Town
- South
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 31
- Latitude
- 4425--
- Longitude
- 11858--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- ditch
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope Faced
- North
- Snow Condition
- snow
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Humidity
- heavy snow
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Ross Turner to John Green
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- JAN 21 1988
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- APR 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye shape
- round
- Reflection
- shone, no light to reflect
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- black
- Shoulders
- narrow
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- narrow
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Leg Width
- thin
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- thin
- Movement
- picking up
- Later Movement
- turned, watched observer
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Animal was apparently getting something from the snowbank, he could not see what. Its dark shape was outlined against the snow. Eyes were "lit up like a flashlight" although his headlights were not on them.
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1