Incident #1001118
Missoula, Missoula Cty, Montana
1916
Account
Russel Schrieber stated that when he was seven years old he saw an upright-walking gorilla, dark in colour, which just stepped over a barbed-wire fence. Location given only as Missoula. Mention of Patty canyon, not on 1:500.000 map.
When
- Year
- 1916
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Missoula Cty
- Nearest Town
- Missoula
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 32
- Latitude
- 465---
- Longitude
- 1140---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Super Human Action
- Stepped over barbed-wire fence
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Source
- Source
- Greg Mastel quoting Russel G. Schrieber, Auburn, W
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JUN 1975
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed fence
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature stepped over a barbed-wire fence.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- No of witnesses
- 1