Incident #1001120
Missoula, Powell Cty, Montana
before 1970
Account
Burt Sperry, a rancher and packer in the Seeley Lake area, had taken some hunters to a remote valley Northeast of Seeley Lake and was watering the horses at a stream when he looked up and saw not 30 feet away in the brush across the stream a 7-foot, hairy, manlike creature, big, wide and strong looking, cinnamon brown in colour. It was watching him. The horses didn't seem to notice it. He got away from there and fled.
When
- Year
- before 1970
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Powell Cty
- Nearest Town
- Missoula
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 50
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Latitude
- 471---
- Longitude
- 1131---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Bitterroot Journal, May, 1977, quoting Burt Sperry
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAY, 1977
- Source reliability
- 5
- 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
- Torso Front
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Reaction
- watched
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Describe Unsual
- Horses did not appear to notice creature.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Lyle Slade, according to unattributed note.
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1