Incident #1001137
Hamilton, Ravalli Cty, Montana
1973
Account
Mrs. Presley Lay, her son Eldin Wildey and his family at the Lay ranch 5 miles South of Hamilton in Sawtooth Canyon, went looking for bears in abandoned apple orchard, then looked over a bank into the river bottom and saw a brown creature standing on two feet. It stepped behind a tree and peeked at them for about 5 minutes, then stepped out and walked across a 40 to 50-foot clearing and disappeared in underbrush. Estimated 7 feet, stalky build with big shoulders and long arms. Covered with short brown hair. Walked like a man.
When
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Ravalli Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hamilton
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 2700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 4610--
- Longitude
- 11410--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- canyon
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- some
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Bitterroot Journal quoting Mrs. Presley Lay. Also
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAY 1977
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Shoulders
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- hid, watched observer, crossed view field
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- BC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 5