Incident #1001451
Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California
1996
Account
Trinie Inong and her cousin Elizabeth were walking along the Klamath River near the mouth of Pecwan Creek when they saw a 9-foot sasquatch with hunched shoulders walking along 80 to 100 feet away. It stopped and looked at them. Elizabeth ran immediately. Doesn't say how observation ended.
When
- Year
- 1996
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weitchpec
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 41201-
- Longitude
- 123515-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- San Francisco Chronicle, story by Michael Taylor
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 24 1999
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Shoulder Shape
- hunched
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Michael Taylor
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15