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URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

URECAT is a formal catalog of UFO related entities sightings reports with the goal of providing quality information for accurate studies of the topic. Additional information, corrections and reviews are welcome at patrick.gross@inbox.com, please state if you wish to be credited for your contribution or not. The main page of the URECAT catalog is here.

FALL 1965, LITTLE JEDITO WASH, ARIZONA, USA, ROGER HEATH:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Authors of a 1978 book on strange creatures sightings apparently reported about a letter by one Roger Heath, a schoolteacher, telling that on Fall 1965, in the afternoon, near Little Jedito Wash, North of Winslow, Arizona, USA, driving and nearing the Second Mesa in the Hopi indian reservation, he saw a 3 feet high creature with shining black fur, a round head, and long arms, on the side of the road.

The witness reportedly stopped, pointed a gun out the window at the apparently harmless being, stared at it. The being then bounded away into the desert brushes, hopping and using his arms to propel itself.

The story then entered "Bigfoot" catalogues and ufology catalogues.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-000732
Date of event: 1965
Earliest report of event: 1978?
Delay of report: Years, decade?
Witness reported via: Letter to cryptozoologists.
First alleged record by: Mystery book Jerome Clark Loren Coleman.
First certain record by: Bigfoot book Bord.
First alleged record type: Mystery book.
First certain record type: Bigfoot book.
This file created on: June 29, 2008
This file last updated on: June 29, 2008
Country of event: USA
State/Department: Arizona
Type of location: Desert, roadside, from car.
Lighting conditions: Night
UFO observed: No
UFO arrival observed: No
UFO departure observed: No
UFO/Entity Relation: None
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: Not reported. Adult.
Witnesses types: Not reported. Man, schoolteacher.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 1
Type of entities: Humanoid or animal
Entities height: 1.0 meters
Entities outfit type: None.
Entities outfit color: Not reported.
Entities skin color: Not reported.
Entities body: Not reported.
Entities head: Round.
Entities eyes: Not reported.
Entities mouth: Not reported.
Entities nose: Not reported.
Entities feet: Not reported.
Entities arms: Long, used for getting away.
Entities fingers: Not reported.
Entities fingers number: Not reported.
Entities hair: Shining black fur.
Entities voice: None heard.
Entities actions: Was there, fled.
Entities/witness interactions: Fled.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed, took out gun, went.
Witness(es) feelings: Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Not UFO-related. Possible ape. Insufficient data.
Explanation certainty: High.

Narratives:

[Ref. jb1:] JANET AND COLIN BORD:

The authors indicate that in autumn 1965, in Little Jedito Wash, North of Winsiow [sic, Winslow], Arizona, Roger Heath, a school teacher, saw a 3 feet high creature with shining black fur and long arms hopping and scrambling at a roadside.

The sources are indicated as a letter from withness Heath to Loren Coleman cited in "Creatures of the Outer Edge" by Clark and Coleman, pp 109-110, and a letter by witness Heath to John Green cited in his book "Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us".

[Ref. bf1:] "BIGFOOT FACT OR FANTASY" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in autumn 1965, in Little Jedito Wash, North of Winsiow [sic, Winslow], Arizona, Roger Heath, a school teacher, saw a 3 feet high creature with shining black fur and long arms hopping and scrambling at a roadside.

The source is indicated to be data from "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings (1818-1980)" in "The Bigfoot Casebook", by Janet and Colin Bord, 1982, New York: Granada Publishing.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Little Jedito Wash, Arizona, on Fall of 1965, in the afternoon, a man driving through a local Hopi Indian reservation was nearing the Second Mesa area when he noticed a strange figure on the side of the road. The witness stopped, pointed a gun out the window, and stared at the figure. The figure was shiny black in color, man-like with very long arms, a round head and appeared harmless. The figure then bounded away into the desert brush using his arms to propel himself.

Albert Rosales indicates as source Loren Coleman, Strange Magazine #7.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in Fall 1965, in Little Jedito Wash, Arizona, USA, a humanoid being was seen. and a mysterious physical anomaly and an inhuman creature were reported by a male witness named Heath.

The source is indicated as Eberhart, George M., A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1980, ISBN:0-313-21337-2.

[Ref. ud2:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website notes the case of the Fall of 1965 at 15:00, in Little Jedito Wash, Arizona, USA, providing the summary in [ar1] as description.

The source is indicated by a hyperlink to a nonexistent page.

Points to consider:

A round head, long arms, a black shining fur, the help of arms to get away, this all suggests that the cretaure was some chimp. In any case, nothing suggest any relationship with UFOs or that the creature was a UFO occupant.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
None.

Evaluation:

Not UFO-related. Possible ape. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

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

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 June 29, 2008 Creation, [jb1], [bf1], [ar1], [ud1], [ud2].
1.0 Patrick Gross June 29, 2008 First published.

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