Incident #1001199
Orofino, Clearwater Cty, Idaho
1972
Account
Ron Harvey, at his home near Orofino, in the early morning, shortly before daylight watched for a minute as an 8-foot creature covered with long, thick, greyish-white hair walked across an open field behind his barn, 50 to 75 yards away, and disappeared behind a ridge. It stepped over a 4-foot fence with no alteration in stride. Looked back at him once, turning whole body, as if neck stiff. Walked casually with arms swinging widely, unhurried but covering a lot of ground. Shoulders estimated 4 to 5 feet wide, and body very thick from front to back. Arms long and thin, hands loose, down to knees.
When
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Clearwater Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orofino
- Population of Town
- 2500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4628--
- Longitude
- 11614--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Super Human Action
- Stepped over 4-foot fence
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001200
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- easy
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart intv. with Ron Harvey
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JUNE 11 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- off-white
- Shoulders
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- thin
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- watched observer, walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- avoided
- Additional Movement
- went up slope, crossed fence, disappeared
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart and Grover Krantz
- Interview date
- JUN 10 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1