Incident #1001530
Cumberland, King Cty, Washington
Oct 1984 to 1985
Account
Bob Snyder and a friend Joe Miller hunting, walking a logging road, Bob saw something move in swamp below road. Thought was back of an elk, then it stood up on hind legs. Was eating skunk cabbage leaves and roots. Est. 8 ft. 400 lb. 12-inch grey hair all over, blackish face, no neck, long arms. Raised guns to fire scare-off shot, it took off through brush.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1984 to 1985
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- King Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cumberland
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 47165-
- Longitude
- 121543-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- marsh
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- marsh
- Nearby Water
- swamp, creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- some openings
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- Variety
- vine maple
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Bob Snyder and intv. by Thom Powell
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- DEC 15, 1999
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes, on palms
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Face Colour
- dark
- Teeth
- even
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Lips
- full
- Breast
- none
- Buttocks
- skimpy
- Arms
- long
- Thumb
- opposed
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- handled something, watched observer, fled
- Arms Used
- in locomotion, for eating
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Odour
- mild
- Eating
- foliage, roots
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Was aware of observers and would turn body and duck head to look at them. Was eating skunk cabbage leaves and roots, with dextrous use of thumb to peel back leafy material from fleshy root. Grabbed vine maples and used arms when it took off. Estimated hair length 12 inches all over body.
- Genitals
- not visible
- Position when first seen
- squatting
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Snyder
- Interview date
- DEC 1999
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2