Incident #1001458
Smith River, Del Norte Cty, California
Dec 1998
Account
On Lake Earl Drive approaching Hwy 101 a half mile South of Smith River, saw a humanlike figure in the top part of a snow-covered clearcut on a mountainside. It appeared to be 7 or 8 feet tall, reddish brown, and walked down the hill about 400 yards before disappearing in trees at the base.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 22 1998
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Del Norte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Smith River
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 0.5
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 5
- Latitude
- 4155--
- Longitude
- 12408--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- hillside
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Snow Condition
- snow
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Snow
- early snow
- Humidity
- light snow
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Penny Abby
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- FEB O6 1999
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 07 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- descending hill
- Later Movement
- went down slope, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Farthest horizontal distance
- a long way
- Least vertical distance
- close
- Most vertical distance
- far
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- several