Incident #1001170
Missoula, Granite Cty, Montana
Sep 1977
Account
Woman hiking with her boyfriend near King Mountain, woman reported to have seen tall figure, about 8 feet, peering at her from behind a tree. Head rounded, with round dark eyes, no forehead, heavy-browed. Covered with dark brown hair except on face. She screamed for her boyfriend and it ran off.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 25 1977
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Granite Cty
- Nearest Town
- Missoula
- Direction from Town
- East Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 40
- Population of Town
- 34000
- Latitude
- 464---
- Longitude
- 1130---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Greg Mastel, quoting unnamed woman
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- OCT 25 1977
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye shape
- round
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Forehead
- none
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Action on sighting
- shouted
- No of witnesses
- 1