Incident #1001421
Tillamook, Tillamook Cty, Oregon
Aug 1998
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 02 1998
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 1 hour
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Tillamook Cty
- Nearest Town
- Tillamook
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 17
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 5
- Latitude
- 4536--
- Longitude
- 12332--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- water
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- mixed
- Unnatural Conditions
- second growth
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- alder, fir
- Variety
- salal, brambles, ferns
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- dry
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Henner Fahrenbach interview with witness following
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- NOV 1998
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- spacing
- deep set
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- short
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered water, walked away, approached
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Other Activity
- Walked back and forth, presumably looking for fish
- Reaction
- watched, hid from
- Attracted By
- fish
- Water Activity
- wading
- Different Colour on
- head
- Second Colour
- brown
- Additional Movement
- watched observer, went up slope, hid
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Henner Fahrenbach
- Interview date
- AUG 12 1998
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- picnicking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40