Incident #1001128
Darby, Ravalli Cty, Montana
1966
Account
Bob Shook said he and some friends were hunting up Piquett Creek behind Shook Mountain (neither place on 1:500,000 map) and planned to camp at the end of Piquett Creek road, but because of a terrible smell with no source they could find they made camp a mile or two away in the middle of the road. As they sat at the fire the same smell assailed them and they heard something moving. Shook fired his revolver and the animal made a whistling sound, which continued off and on for a long time. Next morning on a ridge above the road they found one footprint in soft dirt, as long as a man's lower arm and hand, wide in front with five toes, narrow in the back.
When
- Year
- 1966
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Ravalli Cty
- Nearest Town
- Darby
- Direction from Town
- South
- Population of Town
- 600
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 454---
- Longitude
- 1141---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- ridge
- Nearby Water
- creek
Source
- Source
- Bitterroot Journal, quoting Bob Shook
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- NOV 1974
- Source reliability
- 1
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1975
- Incident type
- 2
Creature description
- Sound
- whistle
- Odour
- strong
- Attracted By
- human activity
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- wide
- Heel Width
- narrow
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
Witness
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Track witnesses
- several