Incident #1001326
Cougar, Cowlitz Cty, Washington
Sep 1971
Account
Rick Ralston was one of six people working on slash burning contract who were sitting around a campfire when the four on the other side of the fire looked startled and ran to a trailer. He turned around and saw a hairy creature, est. 8 to 10 feet, very broad shoulders, standing 15 feet behind him. He fled too.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Cowlitz Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cougar
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 100
- Latitude
- 461---
- Longitude
- 1223---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- fire
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- firelight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Rick Ralston intv. by U. of Oregon students on KLC
- Source Type
- radio
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEPT 1974
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity, fire
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- University of Oregon students intv. on KLCC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging
- Position
- seated
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 6
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording