Incident #1001382
Quincy, Plumas Cty, California
Oct 1995
Account
Larry Riddle said that while walking near Cemetery Hill about 11.30 p.m. he noticed a smell like rotting garbage and felt he was being watched, then saw an 8 foot creature, bearlike but lacking a bear's snout. He watched it until he noted it was watching him, then fled.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 15 1995
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1995
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Plumas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Quincy
- Distance from Town
- 0.0
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 34
- Latitude
- 39553-
- Longitude
- 120572-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- Near or/at
- hill
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Feather River, California, Bulletin
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- NOV 08 95
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1996
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- watched
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- David H. Keller
- Interview date
- FALL 1995
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 31 to 40