Sasquatch Sightings

Account

Fred Wilson and two other men and two boys were camping on a ridge in Belt Creek canyon in the Riceville area (Riceville not on 1:500,000 map) when they were driven out by a rainstorm and walked to their car a half mile away. They walked in open pasture but could hear twigs breaking in the bushy timbered area nearby. At the fence, near the car, they shined a flashlight back and 75 yards away observed a large hairy creature standing erect next to a clump of bushes. It had long tan-coloured hair, no neck, was very muscular, and they estimated 15.5 feet tall. One man got a shotgun and fired high in its direction. It started running towards them and they fled in their cars. Fred caught a glimpse of the creature as he left, and it appeared to be walking away. He passed a polygraph test, and next day brought in the other two men, who remained anonymous. All three said the creature stood and ran upright. They could detect no odour. Did not think it would have charged them but for the shots. The boys were already in the car and saw nothing. Newspaper story says height estimated from a willow tree it stood beside. (Presumably measured when they returned with Capt. Wolverton and two people from the Great Falls Tribune) Also says that the creature was swaying when first seen, and that Wilson said the thing had small apish eyes, a flattened nose and canine-type fangs that showed when its mouth was open. Its face was totally covered with hair and its head was oblong.