Incident #1001340
Winslow, Navajo Cty, Arizona
May 1980
Account
Sandy Sanderson and Paul M. approaching an old camp at night, saw a large animal stand up and run up a ridge behind the camp on two legs at incredible speed. Estimated 8 to 9 feet, 4 feet across shoulders, stooped, long, thick arms, large head. Appeared black. Seemed to have been eating potato peels off foil in campfire ashes.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Arizona
- County
- Navajo Cty
- Nearest Town
- Winslow
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 8000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 342---
- Longitude
- 1105---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Track Record, apparently a letter from Sandy Sande
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- APR 7 1995
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1995
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Shoulders
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got up, fled, went up slope
- Running Speed
- fast
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Odour
- mild
- Eating
- garbage
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- refuse
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Seemed to have been scrounging in campfire ashes for scraps
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- ex fast
- Position when first seen
- crouched
- Head Size
- large
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- No of witnesses
- 2