Incident #1001115
Condon, Missoula Cty, Montana
Oct 1959
Account
Roy W. Rye was hunting grizzlies Northeast of Seeley Lake and was following large tracks in the deep snow when he looked up and saw 20 yards away what he at first thought was a bear leaning on a fallen tree five or six feet above the snow. As he watched it rocked from side to side, slobbering. It also screamed. He backed away and it took off into the trees. Saw it only from the waist up. Did not look for its tracks (not clear if the tracks he was following had anything to do with what he saw.)
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1959
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Missoula Cty
- Nearest Town
- Condon
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 4720--
- Longitude
- 11337--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- wet
- Snow Condition
- deep new
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many small
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- logging slash
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- wet
- Snow
- early snow
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Roy W. Rye intv. by Tim Church. Also Montana Sport
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- NOV 20 1975
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1960
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- average
- spacing
- average
- Eye shape
- oval
- Eye color
- pale
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- No
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Expression
- startled
- Head Profile
- flat on top
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead
- average
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- humanlike nose
- Nostrils
- No
- Mouth Open?
- sometimes open
- Lips
- medium
- Mouth Size
- medium
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- normal
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Walking Stride
- short
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- tree
- Sound
- scream
- Odour
- none
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity, smells
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tim Church
- Interview date
- NOV 20 1975
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting, outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 51 to 60