Incident #163
Orleans, Humboldt Cty, California
Oct 1958
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 17 1958
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1958
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Latitude
- 4122
- Longitude
- 12343
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- George Smith, Eureka, according to J. Green notes from Bluff Creektrip, 1958.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- stayed still