Incident #1001129
Wisdom, Beaverhead Cty, Montana
Sep 1969
Account
Ted Foster was felling trees with a power saw near Placer Creek (not on 1:500,000 map) in the Big Hole area East of Lost Trail Pass when he sensed something behind him, turned and saw 25 feet away a 7-foot animal covered with black hair. Big shoulders, small round head, no neck, estimated 300 pounds. He started up his saw, hair stood up on its neck (sic). Turned off saw, hair went down. Watching him it turned sideways and walked away with huge, graceful steps, disappearing in a ravine across the logging road.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Beaverhead Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wisdom
- Direction from Town
- West
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 453---
- Longitude
- 1133---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- logging slash
- Species
- Lodgepole pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Bitterroot Journal, originally published 1974, quo
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- DEC 1975
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, turned, walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Reaction
- approached, watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Animal walked gracefully.
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- small
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- harassed, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1