Incident #1001152
Helena, Powell Cty, Montana
Jun 1976
Account
Wayne Dickgrauber and his brother were driving towards Missoula, on the West side of Mcdonald Pass, when they saw what they thought was a moose in a meadow and stopped their truck to watch. After 5 minutes the "moose" divided into two upright figures 7 to 8 feet tall, covered with brown hair. They walked fluidly, noticed truck and stopped to look at it, then moved slowly off South into trees. Time given as "late", but to see brown colour would require daylight, as no indication of artificial light on creatures.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Powell Cty
- Nearest Town
- Helena
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 27000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 4637--
- Longitude
- 11219--
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Humidity
- rain
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Greg Mastel quoting Wayne Dickgrauber
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- AUG 1977
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- crossed view field, watched observer
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Movements fluid and effortless.
- Additional Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2