Incident #1001339
Gold Beach, Curry Cty, Oregon
1978
Account
J.P. and his sister were fishing off a dock on the Rogue River. He heard a sound like a woman screaming, then they saw a hairy creature shaped like a human rise up across the river.
When
- Year
- 1978
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Curry Cty
- Nearest Town
- Gold Beach
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.1
- Latitude
- 4225--
- Longitude
- 12425--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- shore
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Co-op, J.P. intv. by Constance Cameron
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- AUG 1994
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1995
- Incident type
- 1
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Constance Cameron
- Interview date
- 1994
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Closest horizontal distance
- a long way
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20