Incident #148
Rumsey, Yolo Cty, California
Apr 1891
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1891
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Yolo Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rumsey
- Latitude
- 3855
- Longitude
- 12220
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Super Human Action
- broke off large branches, tore up tree 5" diameter and broke lower part off for a club.
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Woodland, CA, Daily Democrat, April 9, 1891, quoting Mr. Smith.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- stooped
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Shorter On
- head
- Neck Length
- short
- Expression
- horrifying
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- made a noise, got down, handled something
- Arms Used
- in locomotion, for eating, for breaking
- Object Handled
- manmade object, animal matter, tree
- Sound
- grunt, scream
- Eating
- small animal
- Additional Movement
- ate, fled, picked something up
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- shouted, fled, studied