Incident #1001184
Priest River, Bonner Cty, Idaho
early 1930's
Account
June Jensen says that her former husband, Raymond W. Smith, then 10 or 11, and his mother, Ruth Naomi Smith, plus other members of the family, on returning to their ranch between Priest River and Coolin, just South of Moon Lake (not on 1:250,000 map) saw a bear kneeling on a bench looking in the window, then it got down and walked away upright. Screams often heard there in later years, not cougar screams. In 1975 both named witnesses still lived there.
When
- Year
- early 1930's
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Bonner Cty
- Nearest Town
- Priest River
- Direction from Town
- North
- Population of Town
- 1700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 4822--
- Longitude
- 11649--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- June Jensen, Nine-Mile Falls, Wash., to John Green
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- MAY 1975
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- got up, walked away
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- human shelter
- Position when first seen
- kneeling
Witness
- Sex
- FC
- Interviewer
- June Jensen (then his wife)
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- No of witnesses
- several
- Age
- 10 to 15