Incident #1001428
Torboy, Ferry Cty, Washington
Nov 1993
Account
Mike drove an ore truck to a mine dump site on Cooke Mountain, and on arrival noticed a creature standing watching the workmen. He got out of the truck for a beeter view and it tourned to its left and looked at him. After a few minutes it turned farther left and walked 15 to 20 feet, turned right and looked at him again, the disappeared in timber. Creature was about 800 yards away. Looked half human, half ape, about 8 ft., large and bulky, no neck, massive shoulders. Arms swung as it woalked.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- noon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Ferry Cty
- Nearest Town
- Torboy
- Direction from Town
- West Northwest
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 34
- Latitude
- 484---
- Longitude
- 1183---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Snow Condition
- deep new
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- heavy
- Species
- fir, pine
Weather and light
- Snow
- unusually deep
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- North American Science Institute publication quoti
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 15 1998
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 7
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1997
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Appearance
- glossy
- Hair Colour
- black
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Side
- wide
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, watched observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- Walking gait very smooth and easy. Feet lifted high from deep snow, knee bend 90 degrees.
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 31 to 40