Incident #1001126
Hamilton, Ravalli Cty, Montana
1964
Account
Sergeant McKinney said that Lou Bigley, driving the day's first load of logs from McKinney's operation in the Upper Gird Creek area, encountered a brown creature standing upright in the middle of the road half way around the Gird Creek Saddle, an area with a lot of rocky cliffs. It was about 100 feet ahead when he slammed on the brakes. He said it looked surpised, and after gazing at him for several seconds it turned and ran up a rock draw, sprinting on two legs for at least 100 feet. He described it as looking like a little man about 5 feet tall covered with rust coloured hair, and with very broad shoulders and a neck so short and wide the little round head seemed to sit right on its shoulders.
When
- Year
- 1964
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Ravalli Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hamilton
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 65
- Latitude
- 4515--
- Longitude
- 11356--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- ravine
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- solid rock
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Bitterroot Journal, Sergeant McKinney quoting Lou
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- NOV 1974
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, fled
- Running Speed
- fast
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- small
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Sergeant McKinney
- Interview date
- 1964
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1