Incident #1001494
Port Orford, Curry Cty, Oregon
1870's
Account
After a miner was beaten to death with a 4-pound rock and bear hounds were frightened of what they were following, 'Dog' Elgin saw beside the South Fork of the Sixes River (at Bear Pan Flat, at Alder Creek--not on map) as the sun was reaching the valley a creature looking into the water. Estimated 6'6", over 250 lb., covered with yellowish-brown hair. Powerful shoulders, long arms, short legs, bulging, burning black eyes. It looked at him and bounded into the woods. He found tracks 16" by 8" in the sand. That winter a hunter, Mike Madigan, shot at one of the creatures as it hurled his two hounds to their deaths. (C456)
When
- Year
- 1870's
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Curry Cty
- Nearest Town
- Port Orford
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 9
- Latitude
- 424---
- Longitude
- 1241---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- trees
- Related incident id
- 1000948
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Myrtle Point, Oregon, Herald. (copied later--and n
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- APR 23 1936
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1997
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light brown
- Shoulders
- wide
- Legs
- short
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, ran, entered woods
- Reaction
- fled from
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Relation to Water
- near water
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- No of witnesses
- 1