Incident #1001493
Independence, Fresno Cty, California
Jul 1968
Account
Informant was about 100 yards from camp when he noticed a small creature looking at his backpack. Watched it about two minutes, then it stood up and began to walk away on its hind legs, smoothly, swinging its arms. At 200 or 250 yards it was hidden in the trees. Estimated height 4.5 feet. Thought it was a bear cub until it stood up. Camp was about 100 yards East of Bullfrog Lake and 10 yards North of a small stream feeding the lake.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Fresno Cty
- Nearest Town
- Independence
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 100
- Latitude
- 3642--
- Longitude
- 11823--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- lake
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- lake, creek
- Distance to Water
- 25 feet
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- BFRO from unnamed witness CIA
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- MAR 29 1997
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- got up, walked away, entered woods
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was in camp concentrating on witness' backpack.
- Position when first seen
- crouched
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking, camping
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1