Incident #441
Magalia, Butte Cty, California
Aug 1988
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Butte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Magalia
- Latitude
- 3950
- Longitude
- 12135
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Super Human Action
- Went through brush pacing truck at 35-40 mph
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from anonymous Butte Cty deputy sheriff. Sighting bydeputy and lady friend.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- travelled parallel
- Sound
- grunt, growl
- Reaction
- approached, ran after
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 40 mph
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Action on sighting
- fled