Incident #1001333
Happy Camp, Siskiyou Cty, California
about 1984
Account
Mario Lemos was with a high school group on a rafting trip taken to a swimming hole somewhere near Happy Camp. On returning with one friend to where their vans were parked, Lemos heard a rustling on an incline behind him, turned and saw a tannish brown creature hunched over a fallen tree. He shouted to his friend and the creature ran off "like a person." The friend did not see it.
When
- Year
- about 1984
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Siskiyou Cty
- Nearest Town
- Happy Camp
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Latitude
- 414---
- Longitude
- 1232---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- easy
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Mary Lemos letter to Dan Perez
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- JUL 1994
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1995
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got up, ran, disappeared
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- moderate
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Action on sighting
- shouted
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20