Incident #1001446
Big Bear Lake, San Bernadino Cty, California
Feb 1986
Account
Five boys playing in falling snow at night by the forest near Big Bear Lake on the North slope of the San Gabriel Mountains suddenly noticed a 7-foot, very heavy, dark creature standing in the middle of the road watching them. At first they thought it was a man, but when it did not move or answer a shout they got frightened and ran. When Todd Hale looked back it was gone.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 14 1986
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1986
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- San Bernadino Cty
- Nearest Town
- Big Bear Lake
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 68
- Latitude
- 3414--
- Longitude
- 11655--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- No
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Snow Condition
- shallow new
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Humidity
- heavy snow
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Todd Hale report filed with John Kimanis, Florida
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- NOV 21 1998
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- watched
- Additional Movement
- disappeared
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shouted, fled
- No of witnesses
- 5
- Age
- 10 to 15