Incident #1001466
Sultan, Snohomish Cty, Washington
1962
Account
Informant was one of a group in a picnic area who saw a brown, humanlike creature, 6.5 to 7 feet tall, walk up a ravine from a wooded area then go back into the brush. It had a putrid odour.
When
- Year
- 1962
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Snohomish Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sultan
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 4751--
- Longitude
- 12148--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- North American Science Institute publication
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 15 1998
- 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
- brown
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- approached, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Odour
- strong
- Describe Unsual
- Witness describes the animal as "not walking but sidling. Looking kind of sideways not looking directly at people."
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- picnicking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- No of witnesses
- many
- Age
- 16 to 20