Incident #1001526
Meyers Flat, Humboldt Cty, California
Aug 1999
Account
Hiking the Grasshopper Trail in Humboldt Redwoods State Park between 3 and 4 p.m., son stopped to tie shoe, Tony Palumbo looking around at thick redwood area above saw 150 to 200 feet away a creature with a humanlike torso scratching its back against a stump. Fled, son did not see it. No description, but report posted to a 'Bigfoot report' site.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 22 1999
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1999
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Meyers Flat
- Direction from Town
- North
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 4018--
- Longitude
- 12352--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- quarter mile
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some large
- Species
- Redwood
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Tony Palumbo CIA
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- AUG 22 1999
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- other
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was scratching its back against a redwood stump.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1