Incident #1001395
Dryad, Lewis Cty, Washington
Jan 1997
Account
Driving between Dryad and Doty, on River Road along the Chehalis River, Ruth Steele saw a sasquatch walking along a field by the road. When it turned to look at the car its eyes shone red.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- winter
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
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001394, 1001393
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, woods
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
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
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turned, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- 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