12 year old has up close sighting on highway - VERY credible, details report

Oregonbigfoot.com file# 01062

REPORT OVERVIEW

Date: , 1968
Humboldt county, CA
Nearest town:
Dunsmuir
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REPORT DETAIL

Description of event: Witness was approximately 12 years old, was driving with his uncle coming back from a hunting trip. Suddenly, several cars in front of theirs (they were driving a Thunderbird) hit the brakes and veered off the road. The uncle, who had been drinking, "wasn't quick on the brake" and passed several of the parked cars.

Witness described what he thought of as "this thing" that began to cross the road. It was about 7.5' tall and walked nonchalantly with a "crouched gait". As they came up on it, they braked, and it stopped in the middle of the road in front of their car, about 4.5-5' in front of the bumper.

At this point, the creature turned and looked the witness (who was in the passenger seat) straight in the eyes. "It turned its upper body and stared directly AT ME." An expression came over its face: the eyebrows lowered, and the witness said it looked at him with a "mean look". He described it as "yeah, I'm standing in the middle of the road. What are you going to do about it?" The witness began screaming for his uncle to "black up!" Then the thing turned and crossed the remainder of the highway, and walked into the woods.

The witness stated that the entire sighting lasted about 45 seconds. Due to the fact that many witnesses over-estimate the length of a sighting, I asked him to watch the clock with me and go back through the sighting in words while watching the clock. It was about 45 seconds exactly.

Having been at such close proximity, I asked about facial and other details. Here is what the witness related: The creature was about 7.5' tall, with medium reddish-brown, COARSE hair (not fur) apprximately 3-4" in length. He saw the creatures hands as it started onto the road. The hands had long, fat fingers and at one point he noticed that the palm was dark and leathery. At the point when it stopped in front of the car, he could see it from about the thighs-up. He said he didn't notice any sexual attributes. The face, he said, was covered with hair, except near the cheekbones. The skin there was dark and leathery-looking. It had a very heavy brow, what he jokingly referred to as a "rain-catcher". He was adamant about the eyes. He said they were ROUND and BIG, between the size of a quarter and a silver dollar. There were no whites, they were dark brown, almost black. Very intense. The nose was flat-looking with large flared nostrils. He indicated that the creature appeared to be breathing heavily. The mouth had a full bottom lip, and he said the upper lip "curled" a bit. The creature crossed the road in "4 to 5 long steps".

Source: oregonbigfoot.com
record updated:2005-03-01 00:00:00