Incident #1001130
Billings, Yellowstone Cty, Montana
Sep 1968
Account
Harold E. Nelson quoted as saying that he heard a noise outside his camper as he was having supper just outside Billings, took flashlight and opened the door, and found himself face to face with a very big creature covered with reddish-brown hair, with a few white spots on the edge of enormous shoulders. Face was apelike, but it stood up like a man. Eyes shone in flashlight beam. It made a noise like a combined gargle and whistle, and reached toward him. He screamed, it stipped back, he ran for .22 pistol, it moved forward, peered in the door, then turned and shuffled into darkness, crossed a small creek and disappeared in a cluster of trees.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 11 1968
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Yellowstone Cty
- Nearest Town
- Billings
- Population of Town
- 7000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 31
- Latitude
- 454---
- Longitude
- 1082---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Cover
- some trees
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Saga, quoting Harold E. Nelson
- Source Type
- magazine
- Source Date
- JUN 1969
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- made a noise, gestured, watched observer
- Arms Action
- reaching
- Sound
- whistle
- Reaction
- approached, watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Sound described as a gargle and whistle at the same time.
- Different Colour on
- shoulders
- Second Colour
- white
- Additional Movement
- turned around, walked away, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shouted
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 61 to 70