Incident #1001132
Browning, Glacier Cty, Montana
about 1970
Account
Eugene O'Sullivan was sleeping in a travel trailer at the KOA campground on the West side of Lower St. Mary Lake when his cat became very agitated and woke him up. He sat up and looked out the small window next his face, pulled the curtain back and saw a large gorilla-type face looking in, only a foot away. Lay down thinking it was a nightmare, but heard something scuffling in the gravel outside, so looked out again and saw the back of what looked like a large man in coveralls, no waist, several feet away, then realized it was covered with hair which was blowing in the breeze. The creature walked away. Window was too high for a man to look in, but the creature was looking down. He saw that the mouth was moist and the animal was moving its nose and upper lip apparently sniffing for a smell through the windown.
When
- Year
- about 1970
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Glacier Cty
- Nearest Town
- Browning
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 44
- Latitude
- 4846--
- Longitude
- 11325--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, valley
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Ted Clark writing to John Green, quoting Eugene O'
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- NOV 12 1978
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1978
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- approached, watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Observer noted lip and nose movement indicating attempt to catch smell through window.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ted Clark, D1 520 75th Ave. S.W. Calgary T2V 0S2
- Interview date
- ABOUT 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, in truck
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1