Incident #1001349
Meyers Flat, Humboldt Cty, California
Nov 1994
Account
Mike Gardner, driving on the Avenue of the Giants, near the Canfield Grove, saw a sasquatch walking across the road. It stopped in front of him and stood looking at him, then vanished into the woods. The crossing took three steps. There were other sighting reports in the same area the year before and the same month. In Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1994
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Meyers Flat
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 4016--
- Longitude
- 12352--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Crossed highway in three steps.
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- Redwood
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Northern Mendocino/Southern Humboldt Life & Time.
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 24 1995
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1995
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Additional Movement
- crossed road, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Don LeBars, Jacksonville, Oregon. Also Dan Perez
- Interview date
- JAN 1995
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1