Incident #1001122
Kalispell, Flathead Cty, Montana
1960's
Account
Tom Tiede writes that he got lost in the woods near Columbia Falls while trying to locate the home of a hermit, and while he rested before turning back he heard a wailing sound and then saw a crature "like a B-grade gorilla movie" with a grey coat of hair, a small head and swinging arms, that came walking by, stopped and looked in his direction and then moved silently off. (Story says this was Northwest of Kalispell, but Columbia Falls is North Northeast)
When
- Year
- 1960's
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Flathead Cty
- Nearest Town
- Kalispell
- Direction from Town
- North Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Latitude
- 482---
- Longitude
- 1141---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- under
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- easy
- Cover
- spotty
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Aberdeedn, WA, Daily World, Tom Tiede byline story
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUN 27 1971
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- North
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Sound
- other
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Sound was described as "happy wailing", "singsong".
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- small
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- slight
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1