Incident #1001345
Hood River, Hood River Cty, Oregon
Mar 1988
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 21 1988
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Hood River Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hood River
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Latitude
- 4540--
- Longitude
- 12146--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- hill
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- easy
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- heavy cloud
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Hugh Brown letter to J. Green, plus Will Jevning r
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- MAY, 1988
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- KMAY 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye color
- pale
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead
- average
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Mouth Open?
- open
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- approached, turned, crossed view field
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Sound
- growl, howl
- Human Contact
- bluff
- Reaction
- approached, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- After creature disappeared a deer broke cover nearby.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- large
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Will Jevning
- Interview date
- MAY 13 1988
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 2