Incident #1001183
Pocatello, Caribou Cty, Idaho
Jan 1902
Account
An 8-foot, hair-covered human monster reported to have appeared among a skating party of Chesterfield, Idaho, young people on the Portneuf River near John Gooch ranch. It uttered a series of yells, flourished a large club and started to attack the skaters, who got away in their wagons. Tracks, seen in the mountains (Portneuf Range) West of the river. Dimensions given as 22" long, 7" broad, 4 toes, presumably for tracks found after the skating incident, but this is not stated.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 14 1902
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1902
- Season
- winter
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Caribou Cty
- Nearest Town
- Pocatello
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 28
- Population of Town
- 47000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 54
- Latitude
- 4251--
- Longitude
- 11155--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found previously
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, valley
- Exact Terrain
- water
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- water
- Ground condition
- frozen
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Wilkesboro, N. Carolina, Chronicle, quoting Pocate
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- FEB 05 1902
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1978
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- made a noise, handled something, chased
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- skaters
- Arms Action
- striking
- Arms Used
- for carrying, for hitting
- Object Handled
- stick
- Sound
- shout
- Human Contact
- attack
- Reaction
- ran at
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Use of Water
- travel
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Water was frozen. Creature attacked humans, and used a club.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 22.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Number of Toes
- 4
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- several
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 16 to 20