Incident #1001509
Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Cty, Alaska
Dec 1999
Account
Unidentified lady was driving on Ward Lake Road when she rounded a curve at the Ward Creek bridge and noticed a light brown animal, about 6 feet tall, walking in the salmonberry bushes on her left. She could only see the top half. Est. not over 200 lbs. She returned to the spot and waited but it did not show up again. No smell noted at site.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1999
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Ketchikan Gateway Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ketchikan
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 8000
- Latitude
- 5524--
- Longitude
- 13145--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- ditch
- Nearby Water
- lake, creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- moderate
- Species
- spruce, hemlock, cedar
- Variety
- sword fern, salmonberry
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Snow
- no snow
- Humidity
- showers
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Rob Alley interview with unidentified lady
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- MARCH 2000
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAR 2000
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turned, watched observer
- Odour
- none
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Rob Alley
- Interview date
- MAR 1998
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going, came back
- No of witnesses
- 1