Incident #1001471
Washington
1981
Account
Witnesses with truckload of firewood, going slowly up on " Gumboat " Mtn in Gifford Pinchot National Forest, stopped to watch a 6.5 to 7-foot creature, black, between human and gorilla, standing by a boulder in a corner of an old clearcut, in brush about knee high. It put one hand on the boulder (taller than itself) walked behind it, then meandered back out. They and it spent about 5 minutes observing each other at about 200 yards. How incident ended not explained.
When
- Year
- 1981
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- Elevation/Altitude
- 9
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- rock
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- none
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- logging slash
Weather and light
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
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
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Hands
- large
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Arms Used
- other
- Reaction
- watched
- Describe Unsual
- Rested hand on boulder slightly taller than itself, and temporarily went behind the boulder. Arms and hands gave an impression of great size and power.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50