Incident #1001456
Dunsmuir, Siskiyou Cty, California
Jul 1996
Account
Carmelo Pannucci and his wife were sleeping without a tent about 75 feet from Castle Lake, in a strip of pine trees. They both woke up hearing crunching steps in the pine needles, sat up and a saw only 15 or 20 feet away between them and the road a creature 7 to 9 feet tall and 450 to 600 pounds heading towards the lake from a hill with a dense growth of manzanita. It had dark fur, was swinging its arms and seemed to cover 10 feet in a stride. It turned its head towards them but did not slow. They went back to sleep and could find no evidence of it in the morning.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 02 1996
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1996
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Siskiyou Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dunsmuir
- Direction from Town
- West Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 6
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 56
- Latitude
- 41133-
- Longitude
- 122225-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- No
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- 75 feet
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- some openings
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- Species
- pine
- Variety
- Manzanita
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Carmelo Panucci
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- FEB 02 1999
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2