Incident #1001181
Idaho
Jul 1956
Account
Melvin Givens would not give a location, claiming to have had more contacts with Bigfoot in the same area. He said he saw an 8-foot, very heavy male creature, covered with red hair, come out of the bush onto a road, walk towards him, stand looking at him and then amble away. It had a strong odour and a metallic laugh, and left behind 16-inch footprints with a 48-inch stride.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1956
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 30
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large male
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- crossing
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- forest litter, grass
- Cover
- moderate
- General
- mixed size
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Melvin E. Givens, RR1 Gary Lane, Boise, Idaho, mai
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- spacing
- wide set
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Reflection
- reflected white
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- No hair on
- on face, on palms, on chest, on soles
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Hair Colour
- red
- Hair Shorter On
- face
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- dark
- Feet Colour
- dark
- Teeth
- even
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Beard Y/N
- Yes
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- No
- Ears
- bare
- Ear Size
- large
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- small
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Head Profile
- high in front
- Forehead
- high
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- no snout
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Tail
- none
- Mouth Open?
- sometimes open
- Lips
- full
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Breast
- small
- Torso Side
- wide
- Buttocks
- massive
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Toenails
- nails
- Toenail Colour
- dark
- Arms
- medium
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Spine
- flat
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Fingernails
- nails
- Thumb
- short
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Sound
- other
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- approached, watched, avoided
- Way of Walking
- heel and toe
- Knees
- up and down
- Describe Unsual
- Sound was a metallic laugh
- Genitals
- male
- Feet
- large
- Foot Width
- wide
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Average Depth
- 0.10
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- West
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1