Incident #1001492
Lewiston, Trinity Cty, California
Mar 1996
Account
Returning from town to a park service campsite at the base of Lewiston River dam about 10 p.m., Steven and Heller James found their tent knocked over and zipped open and their possessions scattered. Packing up to leave, Heller saw movement about 15 feet from her in front of their car. A brown creature then stood up and walked away towards the river's edge. They came back in daylight and determined from the height of a tree branch where it had been that it was very tall (photo of Steven). Ground was too hard for tracks, but they found several a quarter mile away where it had come down to the paved road. These were photographed. A clear print near the asphalt sank an each deep where James, 150 lb., left no trace. Photo's poor, but suggest about 15" x 6", and height about 8 Ft.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 15 1996
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1996
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 2 seconds
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lewiston
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 18
- Latitude
- 40424-
- Longitude
- 122475-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Super Human Action
- Track 1 inch deep where human left no trace.
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- dry
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Steven and Heller James CIA
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- AUG 23 1997
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got up, walked away
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- crouched
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Observer Weight
- 150
- Estimated Age
- 12
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- hillside
- Tracks Went to
- road
- Foot Shape
- long, narrow
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 2