Incident #1001209
Orofino, Clearwater Cty, Idaho
1976
Account
Man said he saw a sasquatch clearly as it crossed the road in front of his vehicle about six miles from the O Mill on Orofino Creek. It crashed away through high ferns.
When
- Year
- 1976
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Clearwater Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orofino
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 2500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 4629--
- Longitude
- 1155---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- soft vegetation
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Orofino man phone call to Grover Krantz
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- AUG 16 1992
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1992
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- crossed road, entered woods
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Grover Krantz
- Interview date
- AUG 1992
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1