Incident #151
Rumsey, Yolo Cty, California
Jun 1891
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 23 1891
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1891
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Yolo Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rumsey
- Latitude
- 3853
- Longitude
- 12214
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- cave
- Super Human Action
- Lifted 300-pound rock and threw it 100 feet.
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found previously
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- spring
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Woodland, CA, Daily Democrat, June 25, 1891, quoting Herman Gilbert
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- made a noise, picked something up, threw something
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- gesturing
- Arms Used
- for picking up, for throwing, other
- Object Handled
- rock
- Sound
- other
- Eating
- meat
- Attracted By
- water
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Action on sighting
- studied