Incident #1001155
Helena, Lewis and Clark Cty, Montana
Jul 1976
Account
Woman, 34, and her mother smelled awful smell and heard animal crashing in dense forest above them when they stopped for a picnic lunch on a remote logging road up Pfeiling Gulch (not on 1:250,000 map) west of Lincoln. Their dogs raised a commotion. Drove 200 yards then stopped to check for berries in a clearcut. Saw several hundred yards away up in the clearcut a huge, hairy creature standing watching them. Estimated 8 ft., very broad and muscular, straw-coloured hair on head and shoulders, the rest brownish black. Moved head from side to side, then held still, sat down, then stood up. They watched 10 minutes or more, then younger woman walked slowly towards it, then returned to car and watched several minutes more. Smelled same bad odour. Dog growling. Finally drove away after half hour, it was still there.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- noon
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Lewis and Clark Cty
- Nearest Town
- Helena
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 45
- Population of Town
- 27000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 465---
- Longitude
- 1124---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- berry patch
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- logging slash
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Bitterroot Journal quoting two anonymous women.
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAY 1977
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got down, got up, stopped still
- Odour
- strong
- Describe Unsual
- Witnesses' dogs barked and growled.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Different Colour on
- head, shoulders
- Second Colour
- beige
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Bitterroot Journal writer
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- picnicking, berry picking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- 500 or more
- Action on sighting
- studied, approached
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40