Incident #1001171
Libby, Lincoln Cty, Montana
Aug 1978
Account
Ernest Fritz said he was going fishing about 5:30 a.m. from his ranch in the Yaak River area and paused at the edge of a meadow hoping to see a moose. A deer burst out of the timber into the meadow and stopped about 100 feet from him. He heard a terrific scream in the woods the deer came from. The deer froze and a huge bipedal creature appeared, took about six strides, grabbed the deer by its antlers, picked it up and bit its neck, the deer offering no resistance. The creature then stood for a moment looking around and growling, then grabbed the deer by the muzzle with one hand, threw it over his shoulder and walked back into the woods. Creature was very large and heavy, but also quick and agile. Very dark, but not black. Hair covered hands and feet, but not much on face. Head appeared gorillalike.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Lincoln Cty
- Nearest Town
- Libby
- Direction from Town
- North
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 484---
- Longitude
- 1154---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Picked up deer, killed it by neck bite, slung it over shoulder and walked off
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Substratum
- grass
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Jom Hewkin quoting Ernest Fritz
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- DEC 28 1992
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1993
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- face
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Mouth Open?
- sometimes open
- Legs
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- picked something up, handled something, made a noise
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- deer
- Arms Used
- for picking up, for carrying
- Object Handled
- animal
- Sound
- scream, growl
- Eating
- meat
- Reaction
- did not see
- Attracted By
- wild animal prey
- Describe Unsual
- Deer appeared paralyzed at sound of creature's scream.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Additional Movement
- turned around, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Jim Hewkin
- Interview date
- NOV 28 1992
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- squatting
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1