Incident #1001469
Amboy, Cowlitz Cty, Washington
Oct 1973
Account
Witness was standing beside a big fir tree waiting for deer. Heard rustling in an alder thicket 100 feet away, and an 8.5-foot creature, covered with Black hair with a reddish tinge, came out of the alders and stood for a minute or two, then turned uphill and passed within 50 feet as it went on up through the clearcut. It was gone within 10 minutes. Same climb took witness well over an hour. Witness measured a stump it passed. Estimated weight at 7 to 800 lbs.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Cowlitz Cty
- Nearest Town
- Amboy
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4555--
- Longitude
- 12225--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- open
- Super Human Action
- Walked uphill through logging slash in 10 minutes. Witness took more than an hour to cover the same distance.
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree size
- large and small
- Tree type
- mixed
- Unnatural Conditions
- second growth
- General
- mixed size
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- logging slash
- Species
- fir, alder, vine maple
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- North American Science Institute publication
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 15 1998
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- No hair on
- on palms, near eyes
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- black
- Face Colour
- light
- Hands Colour
- light
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- hunched
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead
- low
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Brow Ridge
- small
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Side
- wide
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, turned, went up slope
- Walking Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Odour
- mild
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Smelled like urine. Black hair had a reddish tinge when the sun hit it. The body was massive. Neck and biceps about 30 inches around. Large muscles could be seen moving. Mouth was a straight slit. To turn sideways it turned its whole torso. Walked with a quick rolling stride.
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50