Incident #1001157
Great Falls, Cascade Cty, Montana
Aug 1976
Account
Four boys (Mastel) said they saw a pair of large hairy creatures on the west bank of the Missouri River, South of Park Garden Estates, in the afternoon (Tribune) or driving late at night saw one tall, dark creature (Mastel) that walked across the highway and swam to an island (Mastel) Taylor Island (Tribune).
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 16 1976
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- afternoon
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Cascade Cty
- Nearest Town
- Great Falls
- Population of Town
- 57000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 33
- Latitude
- 472---
- Longitude
- 1112---
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- grass
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Great Falls, Montana, Tribune. Also Greg Mastel le
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- AUG 17 1976
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road, dived, swam
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Water Activity
- dive in, swimming
- Use of Water
- travel
- Position when first seen
- erect