Incident #1000053
Location unknown
Date unknown
Account
see 1000052
What was seen
- Population Status
- wild
- Related incident id
- 1000052
- Shot Hit
- No
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
Source
- Source
- Albert Ostman intv. by John Green
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Eyes
- average
- spacing
- wide set
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on palms, near eyes, on soles
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair curl
- kinky
- Hair Colour
- dark grey
- Hair Longer on
- back, head
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- light
- Feet Colour
- light
- Beard Y/N
- No
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead
- low
- Brow Ridge
- none
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Tail
- none
- Mouth Open?
- sometimes open
- Lips
- thin
- Mouth Size
- medium
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- skimpy
- Legs
- short
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Toes
- long
- Toenails
- nails
- Toenail Colour
- dark
- Arms
- medium
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Spine
- hollow
- Hands
- large
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Fingernails
- nails
- Digits
- normal
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- made a noise, walked away, approached
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Arms Used
- for eating
- Object Handled
- person, manmade object
- Sound
- chatter, squeal
- Odour
- strong
- Other Activity
- swallowed tin of snuff
- Eating
- fruit, roots
- Human Contact
- touch
- Reaction
- approached, watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Way of Walking
- heel and toe
- Knees
- always bent
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Apparently stole prunes and flour from informant's pack; carried off informant in sleeping bag; wouldn't let him leave; ate box of snuff and got sick. Penis visible just as an inverted funnel of skin. Palms like scoops.
- Genitals
- male
- Foot Width
- wide
- Evidence Left
- bed
- Additional Movement
- watched observer, ate, approached fire
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- light
- Feet Colour
- light
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead
- low
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Breast
- pendulous
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- skimpy
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Stride
- short
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Sound
- chatter, squeal
- Eating
- foliage, roots
- Reaction
- avoided
- Way of Walking
- heel and toe
- Knees
- always bent
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Old female left valley one day and came back with arms full of shoots and roots. When Ostman fled she started to come after him, but stopped when he fired a shot in the air.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 3
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes, on palms, on soles
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Hair Tone
- medium
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- light
- Feet Colour
- light
- Teeth
- long canines
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Expression
- friendly
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead
- low
- Nose
- no snout
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- slim
- Buttocks
- skimpy
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- approached, watched observer, picked something up
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter, manmade object
- Odour
- mild
- Eating
- roots
- Reaction
- approached
- Way of Walking
- heel and toe
- Knees
- always bent
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- The young male showed great interest in Ostman, used a dipper Ostman made from a tin can, played by holding his feet in his hands and bouncing on his bottom, drank out of the palm of his hand, had heavy pads on feet, could climb cliffs with just footing for big toe.
- Genitals
- male
- Additional Movement
- approached fire
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 4
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes, on palms, on soles
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Hair Tone
- medium
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Breast
- small
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- maintained distance
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Sound
- chatter
- Odour
- mild
- Elimination
- urinating
- Elimination Where
- on land
- Eating
- roots
- Reaction
- avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Young female and young male chased each other and played the bouncing game. All of them sat down by bending their knees outward and going straight down, and came straight up without using their hands. The young female carried to the older creatures roots the young male threw from the cliff.
- Genitals
- not visible
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1957
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- prospecting, camping
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording