Incident #1001125
Butte, Silver Bar Cty, Montana
May 1964
Account
Bob Guenette quotes Dan Maloughney saying in 1975 that in 1964 he and 11 other Boy Scouts were camping 18 miles South of Butte in Deer Lodge National Forest. Dr. Feathers wrote in 1965 quoting Gary Simons as saying the troop was camping 15 miles up Brown's Gulch, North of Butte. Maloughney says that something was heard rummaging in their packs and then it stepped on one of the Scouts. In the ensuing melee he and two others saw by flashlight a brown-black creature that walked like a man, over 8 feet tall, and watched it moving away across the ridge for maybe 4 minutes. Next morning all saw footprints 20 inches by 6 inches wilth a 7-foot stride.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 17 1964
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1964
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Silver Bar Cty
- Nearest Town
- Butte
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 65
- Latitude
- 4608--
- Longitude
- 11234--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Dr. Joseph Feathers quoting Gary Simons. Also "Big
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- FEB 10 1965
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1965
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature had been disturbing back packs etc.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
- Number of Tracks
- 75
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Claw Marks Y/N
- No
- Tracks Came From
- camp
- Tracks Went to
- rock
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
Witness 1
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Guenette
- Interview date
- 1975
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 10 to 15
Witness 2
- Interviewer
- Dr. Joseph Feathers
- Interview date
- 1964
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 16 to 20