Incident #1001144
Great Falls, Cascade Cty, Montana
Feb 1976
Account
Billie Wendelen and Alan Pate, 12 and 13, told Keith Wolverton that they saw a large hairy creature a quarter mile South of the Ulm bridge while riding their bikes near the Missouri River. They heard something moving through the brush and breaking tree branches. Then Billie, in the lead, saw a very tall, wide creature covered with blackish brown hair. Its eyes glowed whitish yellow. Alan, farther back, saw only a hairy arm extending through some brush. Both passed polygraph tests.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 21 1976
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Cascade Cty
- Nearest Town
- Great Falls
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 11
- Population of Town
- 57000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 33
- Latitude
- 47254-
- Longitude
- 111362-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- water
- Related incident id
- 1001145
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- spotty
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- some
- General undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Cascade Cty Sheriff's Capt Kieth Wolverton quoting
- Source Type
- police report
- Source Date
- MAR 08 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- APR 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected yellow
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Movement
- staying still
- Arms Action
- outstretched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Capt. Kieth Wolverton
- Interview date
- MAR 08 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15