Incident #1001444
Gridley, Yuba Cty, California
1980
Account
B.A. Almo (presumed female) and Kim (identified female) riding horses in walnut orchard near the Feather River South of Oroville, encountered a biped covered with black hair, as tall as a person on a horse, very powerfully built. About 25 yards away when first seen. As they galloped out of the orchard it kept pace with the horses for 50 to 75 yards, then veered off. Legs powerful, arms not really long, head slightly cone shaped. Says she saw it three times in the orchard, but gives information about only one incident. long, eyes shining caramel brown
When
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Yuba Cty
- Nearest Town
- Gridley
- Direction from Town
- East Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 3920--
- Longitude
- 12140--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- orchard
- Near or/at
- water
- Super Human Action
- Ran as fast as horses at full run.
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001445
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- deciduous
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- many small
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- walnut
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Bobbie Short post from B.A. Almo
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- DEC 02 1998
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected other colour
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Shoulders
- wide
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Side
- very wide
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- medium
- Later Movement
- chased, watched observer
- Running Speed
- fast
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- approached, ran after
- Describe Unsual
- Not clear how incident began or ended. "When I turned around in my saddle I was eye to eye with it." Also "The thing looked, turned his head and looked at me, then jumped up into trees. That's pretty much when I lost it. "
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Additional Movement
- turned, jumped
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- horseback
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20
- Other report by this witness
- 4