Incident #1001459
Cayuse, Umatilla Cty, Oregon
Jul 1991
Account
Robert Dodd and family were having a picnic at Deadman's Pass by old Hwy 84, in the Umatilla Indian Reservation, when one of the children noticed a black animal in a small meadow a half mile away across a ravine. It was sitting at the edge of the trees swaying back and forth. They watched for four or five minute, thinking it was a bear, until it stood up and walked into the woods on its hind legs, going about 15 yards in three or four steps. It was at least 7 feet tall.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1991
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Umatilla Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cayuse
- Direction from Town
- South Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 45360-
- Longitude
- 118300-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- Slope
- easy
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Robert Dodd
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- JAN 01 1999
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- swaying
- Later Movement
- got up, walked away, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Sex
- BC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- picnicking
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- several