Incident #1001119
Missoula, Powell Cty, Montana
Oct 1953
Account
Larry Slade hunting elk high up in the Swan Mountains near Seely Lake, shot at what he took for a cow elk entering the timber across a clearing, and then heard a lot of screeching and jabbering. Then a huge manlike creature walked out of the woods and headed towards the thing he had shot at. It was 7 feet tall, cinnamon brown, very broad and strong looking, and was making the jabbering noises. It was also wearilng a wide leather belt with a brass buckle, nothing else. Witness retreated into the timber. The story suggests the presence of several sasquatches, but only one was seen for certain.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1953
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Powell Cty
- Nearest Town
- Missoula
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 50
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 471---
- Longitude
- 1131---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Lee Nelson, Bitterroot Journal, quoting Lyle Slade
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAY 1977
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Sound
- other
- Reaction
- ignored
- Attracted By
- natural sounds
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Observer had shot at something, perhaps an elk, perhaps another sasquatch, setting off a lot of screeching and jabbering. The creature seen was wearing a wide leather belt with a brass buckle, nothing else.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50