Incident #1001499
Forest Grove, Washington Cty, Oregon
1969
Account
Richard H. spraying prune orchard and checking neighbor's sloping field for deer, saw a 'man' walking through it 100 to 150 yards away, but with his shoulders above the scattered brush that he knew to be higher than his own head. Creature was dull black, had a rounded head, no neck humanlike arms and a smooth stride slightly tipped forward, its face not visible. It entered a walnut grove and did not reappear. Checking branch heights later gave a hight between 7.5 and 8.5 feet.
When
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Forest Grove
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 15000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1.7
- Latitude
- 4532--
- Longitude
- 12308--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- orchard
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- easy
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- some trees
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree type
- deciduous
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- some
- Species
- walnut, plum
Weather and light
- Wind
- calm
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Henner Fahrenbach interview with unnamed farmer, o
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- hid, stopped still
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Reaction
- hid from
- Different Colour on
- calves
- Second Colour
- dark grey
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Henner Fahrenbach
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1