Incident #1000217
Golden, Glacier Nat. Park, British Columbia
Jun 1982
Account
Frances Rand was on her way to Calgary by train, in Glacier National Park, going very slowly (so presume on climb up Illicilliwaet River valley) saw sitting on a fallen log at the edge of dense forest a creature estimated 7 or more feet tall and very thin, covered entirely with short dark brown fur. Round head, no ears, left hand up to face as if eating, left leg bent 90 degrees, right leg extended. Sitting with left side to train, and seemed to be looking at end of train (hence on North side of track).
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 16 1982
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Glacier Nat. Park
- Nearest Town
- Golden
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 511---
- Longitude
- 1173---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- railroad
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Nearby Water
- river
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Frances Rand, Calgary, writing to Vladimir Markoti
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- JAN 83
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 83
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very thin
- Posture
- sitting
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Shoulders
- narrow
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Torso Side
- narrow
- Leg Width
- thin
- Arm Bulk
- thin
- Arms Used
- for eating
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Left hand was up to face as if eating something. Right leg was out straight, left was bent 90 degrees. Sketch done by witness shows extremely thin creature, almost stick figure.
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on train
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1