Incident #1001250
Farmington, San Juan Cty, New Mexico
about 1967
Account
First of a series of incidents reported to Mrs. Cheeseman by Navajos living in the Chuska Mountains. Chester Yazzie and family were having a picnic on top of the mountain West of Toadlena, where the cliffs fall away on the Arizona side, when they heard brush crackling and saw facing them about 200 feet away a creature looking like a gorilla, more than 7 feet tall, parting the brush with its hands. It then turned and walked away across a slope and disappeared into a draw. They told Mrs. Cheeseman that it looked the very same as the Roger Patterson picture except that it was a lighter colour. They had heard of others seeing such a creature in the same area.
When
- Year
- about 1967
- Time of Day
- noon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New Mexico
- County
- San Juan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Farmington
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 55
- Population of Town
- 30000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 75
- Latitude
- 361---
- Longitude
- 1084---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- open
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001251, 1001252, 1001253
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- ridge crest
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- moderate
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Mrs. C.A. Cheeseman to John Green, quoting Chester
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- SEP 13 1971
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, walked away
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Mrs. C.A. Cheeseman, American Indian Bible Mission, Box 230. Farmington, NM 87401
- Interview date
- 1967
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- picnicking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- several