Incident #1001138
Missoula, Missoula Cty, Montana
Jun 1974
Account
Jeff Schafer, 17, and a friend camping with parents near Lolo Hot Springs went motorcycling on logging road. Rounded a bend and a black, 9-foot creature ran in front of them. They hit the ditch. It sort of growled or howled, then crossed the road in two steps and went up a wooded slope with 5-foot strides. Huge dome-shaped head, ear like a man's, beard, bare skin around eyes and nose, and bare chest. Hands and arms hung like a man's. They found one track in the middle of the road, 18" by 7". Had apparently come up out of a ravine. They found black, thick hair 8 to 9 inches long on a bush, but later threw it away because it smelled bad.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 20 1974
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Missoula Cty
- Nearest Town
- Missoula
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 34000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 44
- Latitude
- 4643--
- Longitude
- 11431--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Super Human Action
- Crossed road in two steps
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- The Track Record No. 25. quoting Jeff Schafer
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- MAR 1993
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1993
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes
- Hair Thin on
- chest
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Beard Y/N
- Yes
- Ears
- bare
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- crossed road, went up slope
- Running Stride
- long
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- large
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Estimated Age
- 5
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- ravine
- Tracks Went to
- high bank
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ray Crowe
- Interview date
- 1993
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- motorcycle/ATV
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20