Incident #1001383
Atascadero, San Luis Obispo Cty, California
Apr 1996
Account
Couple and teen age daughter camped at Cerro Alto Campground on Hwy. 41 b etween Atascadero and Morro Bay. Daughter reported seeing a sasquatch, Mike Stevenson and partner investigated. Two days later family called to say they had investigated splashing in the creek at sunset and looked down at a sasquatch bent over 40 feet away. It turned and stood up, 6.5 to 7 feet, dark, and they fled. Poor tracks seen in mud. Creature had conical head with long hair, nose, lips and chin looked human. Looking back as they fled they saw it moving off far down the creek.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1996
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- San Luis Obispo Cty
- Nearest Town
- Atascadero
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 8
- Latitude
- 3525--
- Longitude
- 12045--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- camp
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- stream
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Variety
- chapparel
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Mike Stevenson quoting unnamed couple and teen age
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- SEP 1996
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1996
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- humanlike nose
- Mouth Size
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, got up
- Attracted By
- water
- Water Activity
- wading
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Mike Stevenson
- Interview date
- APRIL 1996
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 3