Incident #1001160
Ennis, Madison Cty, Montana
Oct 1976
Account
Greg Mastel quotes game guide saying he and two clients, hunting in the Tobacco Root Mountains near Ennis, saw two upright figures 8 to 9 feet tall in a clearing about 100 yards away and took pictures. Greg had not seen the pictures. One creature was coal black, the other black with a white streak down its back.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Madison Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ennis
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 80
- Latitude
- 452---
- Longitude
- 1115---
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Greg Mastel quoting game guide
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- FEB 1976
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- White colour just on spine, not whole back.
- Different Colour on
- back
- Second Colour
- white
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- No of witnesses
- 3