Incident #1001275
Ketchican, Ketchican Cty, Alaska
about 1960
Account
Errol, 15, working on fishboat tied at float, left flashlight shining towards shore. Looked up and saw humanlike figure standing waist deep in the water between the float and the shore, greyish all over, arms and head like a man's, big round beady eyes staring at him. He screamed and fled, and about 30 men came out of a shack on the dock and saw the thing, shining several lights as it dove under water and swam away. Looking down they could see it swimming under water with its arms forward and legs doing a frog kick, until it swam out of sight. Prior to this the fishermen had been troubled with something ripping nets and stealing fish etc.
When
- Year
- about 1960
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Ketchican Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ketchican
- Population of Town
- 7000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.0
- Latitude
- 552---
- Longitude
- 1313---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- shore
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- ocean
- Exact Terrain
- water
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- water
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Nick Carter, quoting Mrs. Nye quoting her cousin E
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JAN 01 1975
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- Eye shape
- round
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- wet
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, dived, swam
- Arms Action
- outstretched
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Water Activity
- wading, dive in, swim underwater
- Use of Water
- escape, travel
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature swam under water with its arms extended, propelling itself with a frog kick.
- Additional Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- MC
- Interviewer
- Mrs. Nye, 1414 109the Ave. S. Bellevue, Wash
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on small boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shouted, fled
- No of witnesses
- several
- Age
- 11 to 15