Incident #1001195
McCall, Idaho Cty, Idaho
Aug 1970
Account
Robert Espy, confirmed by his son Rick, said that they and three other men saw a human form half a mile away through field glasses which appeared to be at least 7 feet tall, heavy-set, black, which apparently saw them and moved off, looking back once turning its whole torso, not so much the head. Russ Gebhart later met Brent Haycock, of McCall, who said that he was one of the others present, and that they were at the head of Elkhorn Creek on an old landing strip about 25 miles North of McCall. This report accepts that location, since Krantz did not have one, but Haycock also said that he rode a horse to withing 100 yards of the creature, that it walked as fast as his horse galloped, that it looked as it had old bib overalls on and had something like a stick in its hand, and that the incident happened in October. It is quite usual for two eyewitnesses to have different recollections of the same event, but Haycock's sounds embellished.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho Cty
- Nearest Town
- McCall
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 2200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 67
- Latitude
- 4515--
- Longitude
- 11605--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Related incident id
- 1001196, 1001214
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, plateau
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- level
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Grover Krantz quoting Robert Espy
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- SEP 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Reaction
- avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Brent Haycock said it had dark hair on its arms and head, but looked as if it might have old bib overalls on, and had something like a stick in its hand. He also said it walked as fast as his horse could gallop.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness 1
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Grover Krantz
- Interview date
- SEPT 1973
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 5
- Age
- 51 to 60
Witness 2
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- AFTER 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- horseback
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shouted, chased
- No of witnesses
- 5