Incident #1001372
Elma, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
May 1996
Account
Jim Steal motorcycling in Newell Creek area (not on 1:250,000 map) about 8 miles South of Elma on Weyerhauser Paper Co. "A" line road. Dark brown creature about 7.5 feet tall, crossed road in front of him in 2 1/2 steps. He dumped his bike, righted it and fled. Creature's head looked like someone wearing a hooded sweatshirt.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 15 1996
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1996
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Elma
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Latitude
- 4654--
- Longitude
- 12328--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- gravel road
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Unnatural Conditions
- second growth
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- rain
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Track Record quoting Fred Bradshaw quoting Jim Ste
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- MAY 1996
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1996
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Interviewer
- Fred Bradshaw, Elma, WA, 360-482-5182
- Interview date
- MAY 1996
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- motorcycle/ATV
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1