Incident #1001240
Flagstaff, Coconino Cty, Arizona
Jan 1971
Account
Steven Kerley and Sherry Moberg were parked on a remote side road near the Lake Mary Road shortly after 1 a.m. when Kerley noticed a hair-covered face staring in the car window, belonging to a creature leaning against the car, with its hands on the vehicle. He screamed and the creature ambled away. It had an apelike, hair-coverd face, and was about five feet tall.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 23 1971
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Arizona
- County
- Coconino Cty
- Nearest Town
- Flagstaff
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Population of Town
- 35000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 70
- Latitude
- 3507--
- Longitude
- 11137--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plateau
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Nearby Water
- lake
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Flagstaff, Arizona, Daily Sun quoting Patrolman Br
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 23 1971
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Arms Used
- other
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was leaning with its hands on the car looking in the window.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Flagstaff Patrolman Bruce Warner
- Interview date
- JAN 13 1971
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- under 5 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shouted, stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20