Incident #1001394
Dryad, Lewis Cty, Washington
Nov 1996
Account
Driving between Dryad and Doty, on River Road along the Chehalis River, Ruth and Debra Steele saw a sasquatch loping along the road swinging one arm. Debra said it turned toward the car and looked her in the face.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1996
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Lewis Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dryad
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 4638--
- Longitude
- 12316--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001393, 1001395
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, woods
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- some trees
Source
- Source
- Centralia, WA, Chronicle
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- FEB 10 1997
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1997
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- turned, watched observer
- Speed
- slow
- Running Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was swinging one arm as it loped along beside the road.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness 1
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Larissa Pfeifer, Centralia Chronicle
- Interview date
- FEB 1997
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- over 70
- Other report by this witness
- 3
Witness 2
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Larissa Pfeifer
- Interview date
- FEB 1997
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50