Incident #1001373
Vaughn, Pierce Cty, Washington
Dec 1979
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 07 1979
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Pierce Cty
- Nearest Town
- Vaughn
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.1
- Latitude
- 47215-
- Longitude
- 122464-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- crossing
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- inlet, shore
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- creek, inlet
- Distance to Water
- 50 yards
- Substratum
- forest litter, gravel
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- some openings
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mixed ages
- Tree type
- mixed
- Unnatural Conditions
- second growth
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- Douglas fir, red cedar, maple, madrone
- Variety
- salal
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Rainfall
- normal
- Snow
- no snow
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- moderate
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Judy E. Newmeyer, interviewed by her son Thomas, w
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1996
- Source reliability
- 2
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FALL 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- average
- spacing
- average
- Eye shape
- round
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- very stooped
- Hair Thin on
- face
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Tone
- solid
- Hair Shorter On
- head, face
- Face Colour
- light
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Beard Y/N
- No
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- No
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- hunched
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Expression
- startled
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Forehead
- low
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- short snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Lips
- thin
- Mouth Size
- medium
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at bottom
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- medium
- Hands
- large
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- West
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Speed
- medium
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Way of Walking
- flat foot
- Knees
- always bent
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- medium
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Thomas Neemeyer
- Interview date
- AUG 17 1996
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 41 to 50