Incident #1001101
The Dalles, Wasco Cty, Oregon
Aug 1989
Account
Jesse Spears and his son Steve watched from their home in the 3000 block of West 2nd St. as a dark creature appeared half a mile away on the hillside near Eagles Point about 7 p.m. and walked erect along the ridge, then disappeared over the bluff. The estimated that it was about 8 to 10 feet tall. A family of five also reported seeing it, sayig that it reappeared and was seen to head North. Spears reported to the sheriff's office. Not clear if the other family did the same or spoke directly to Spears. Location is different from previous sightings at The Dalles.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 08 1989
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Wasco Cty
- Nearest Town
- The Dalles
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 3
- Latitude
- 4534--
- Longitude
- 12108--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hill
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- ridge
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- a long way
- Substratum
- broken rock
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- The Dalles, OR, Weekly Reminder, quoting Jesse and
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- AUG 17 1989
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1990
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- North
- Later Movement
- crossed view field, walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- BC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 7