Incident #1001524
Parkdale, Hood River Cty, Oregon
Aug 1986 to 1987
Account
Camping with four friends at Sherwood Camp on the East side of Mount Hood, K.S. crawled out of tent at 5.30 a.m. and saw a 7 to 8-foot creature in the berry bushes, covered with light beige hair, standing with its back to her trying to reach a branch about 15 feet off the ground. 10 feet away was a similar creature only 3 feet high, darker, bending over picking up a stick and trying to put it in its mouth. K.S. made a noise and the big one looked at her, grunted, took the little one's hand, and they were gone behind the trees.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1986 to 1987
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Hood River Cty
- Nearest Town
- Parkdale
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 452---
- Longitude
- 1214---
What was seen
- Individuals
- female and small
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- Species
- Daougla Fir, Western Hemlock, pine, cedar, alder
- Variety
- huckleberry, blueberry, salmonberry
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- BFRO from K. S. CIA
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- JUN 1999
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes, on palms
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- beige
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- dark
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- watched observer, made a noise, walked away
- Arms Action
- reaching
- Arms Used
- other
- Object Handled
- companion
- Sound
- grunt
- Reaction
- did not see, avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature appeared to be reaching for a branch about 15 feet off ground. Later it took the small creature by the hand before they both moved off. When she walked she waddled a little from side to side..
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 3-4 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes, on palms, on soles
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- picking up
- Later Movement
- handled something, walked away
- Reaction
- avoided
- Describe Unsual
- Small creature was seen picking up a stick and trying to put it in its mouth.
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- kneeling
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20