Incident #1001136
Hamilton, Ravalli Cty, Montana
1973
Account
Sonny McClure with a crew building a logging road several miles out of Darby, walking to worksite at 6 a.m. heard a strange noise like a small boy playing with toy trucks, but louder. Entered clearing and saw 7-foot apelike creature pretending to drive equipment. It fled into the bush. The men found tracks, which were only a foot long. No further information about them.
When
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Ravalli Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hamilton
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 2700
- Latitude
- 460---
- Longitude
- 1141---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- empty machine
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Bitterroot Journal, quoting Sonny McLure. Also Gre
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- DEC 1975
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1975
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- fled, entered woods
- Sound
- other
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- machine activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature reported to have been pretending to drive equipment, imitating engine noise like a child. Tracks were only a foot long. No further information, not worth a footprint entry.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging, roadbuilding
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- several