Incident #1001279
Dillingham, Dillingham Cty, Alaska
Jan 1978
Account
Jim Coffee encountered an 8-foot creature loping along the road on two legs, while driving to the airport near Iliamna. Skidded to a stop on icy road and then fired a few shots to scare the creature off. This was one of several sighting reports from Iliamna in early January, 1978, the only one in which the witness was identified by name and a size stated. "Shaggy" is the only additional detail in other reports. Hundreds of yards of tracks were found on the road to the airport, apparently in connection with the Coffee sighting. There were tracks on both sides of the road, apparently two different creatures with strides from 4 to 8 feet. Dimensions mentioned are 20" length, 12" across the ball and 5" across the heel. Other reports 0291 and 0292..
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 08 1978
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Dillingham Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dillingham
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 135
- Population of Town
- 500
- Latitude
- 594---
- Longitude
- 1550---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Snow Condition
- snow
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Seattle, Wash., Post-Intelligencer, Associated Pre
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 17 1978
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1978
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Running Stride
- long
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Greates Width
- 12.0
- Heel Width
- 5.0
- Longest
- 96
- Shortest
- 48
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1