URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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1978, PORTLAND, OREGONE, USA, A COUPLE OF STUDENTS:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

The Western Bigfoot Society Newsletter #11 Portland, Oregon, apparently reported that in 1978, at dusk, two students were near the Portland State College campus near an old tunnel system coming from the hills, when they heard a noise coming out of a sewer hole and saw what they described as a "mole man" come out of this hole.

It was not hairy, had big eyes, fangs, a long snout, a small hairy tail, three claws for the feet, circular and appearing not to be worn out.

Both students had the feeling that the thing psychically knew them, and that it was conscious.

It ran back into the hole when they threw rocks at it.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001002
Date of event:	1978
Earliest report of event:	Not known.
Delay of report:	Day, 3 decades?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	"Bigfoot" newsletter.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	"Bigfoot" newsletter.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	October 30, 2009
This file last updated on:	October 30, 2009
Country of event:	USA
State/Department:	Oregon
Type of location:	Near old tunnel and a sewer.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported. Dusk.
UFO observed:	No
UFO arrival observed:	N/A.
UFO departure observed:	N/A.
UFO/Entity Relation:	Sans
Witnesses numbers:	0 à 2
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Teenagers or young adults.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Students.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Animal
Entities height:	Not reported.
Entities outfit type:	None.
Entities outfit color:	N/A.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported. Small hairy tail.
Entities head:	Not reported.
Entities eyes:	Large.
Entities mouth:	Fangs.
Entities nose:	Not reported.
Entities feet:	Three "circular" claws.
Entities arms:	Not reported.
Entities fingers:	Not reported.
Entities fingers number:	Not reported.
Entities hair:	Not hairy.
Entities voice:	None heard.
Entities actions:	Was in sewer hole, fled in hole.
Entities/witness interactions:	Fled when witness threw stones at it.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, threw stones at it.
Witness(es) feelings:	Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported. "Mole man".
Explanation category:	Possible confusion, animal, no relationship with UFO occpants matters.
Explanation certainty:	Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Portland, Oregon, in 1978, at dusk, a couple of students were near the Portland State College campus near an old tunnel system coming from the hills. They heard a noise coming out of the sewer hole, and saw what they describe as a "mole man" come out of the hole. It was not hairy, had big eyes, fangs, a long snout, three claws for the feet, but these were circular, and appeared not to be worn out. It also had a small hairy tail. Both students had the feeling that the thing psychically knew them, and that it was conscious. It ran back into the hole when they threw rocks at it.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "The Western Bigfoot Society Newsletter #11."

Points to consider:

See List of Issues.

The story is insufficient, and where it comes from is unsaid. Where there good or bad visibility conditions? Was this a quadruped or a biped? Since the students threw stones at it, was it far away? Was it 10 centimeters long or two meters high?

This is certainly not a "UFO occupant" report; even considering it a "Bigfoot" report is risky. Was it something to be found in the local fawna, beaver, wild pig... or was it maybe just a students prank?

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	October 30, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	October 30, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Unnamed witnesses.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	October 30, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No trace of investigation, short story only.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	October 30, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No information on entity size.	Help needed.	Opened.
5	Ufology	Severe	October 30, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Distance not reported.	Help needed.	Opened.
6	Ufology	Severe	October 30, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Conditions of visibility not reported.	Help needed.	Opened.
7	Ufology	Severe	October 30, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Incomplete description of entity. For exemple, four legs or biped?	Help needed.	Opened.
8	Ufology	Severe	October 30, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Not UFO related.	Help needed.	Opened.
9	Ufology	Severe	October 30, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Nature of report unknown: letter, newspaper, rumour? Student prank?	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Possible confusion, animal, no relationship with UFO occpants matters.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

[---] ? The Western Bigfoot Society Newsletter, #11, USA.
[ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1978.shtml

Document history:

Authoring

Main Author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editor:	Patrick Gross

Changes history

Version:	Created/Changed By:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	October 30, 2009	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	October 30, 2009	First published.

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