Incident #1001197
Grangeville, Idaho Cty, Idaho
Sep 1972
Account
Armstrong and Koford said that while driving back to their hunting camp near Dixie, Idaho, they saw two sasquatches in their headlights, then a short time later, about 10 p.m., they sensed something in the brush and with a spotlight from the car saw two sasquatches 50 to 75 feet away, eating something from the trees. Both were 7.5 to 8 feet tall, very heavy, covered with reddish brown hair. They kept feeding, even when shots were fired in the air, but gradually moved away. Next day the men found two tracks near a stream, 18" by 10 to 12", flat. Examination of trees and brush gave no indication what the creatures were eating. Subsequently the men's tent was untied on several occasions in their absence and food moved around, but nothing eaten.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 17 1972
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho Cty
- Nearest Town
- Grangeville
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 42
- Population of Town
- 3700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 57
- Latitude
- 4532--
- Longitude
- 11527--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large female
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights, spotlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart intv. with Earl Armstrong and Mr. Kof
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- DEC 03 1972
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected green
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Expression
- curious
- Legs
- short
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, handled something, walked away
- Walking Stride
- short
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Object Handled
- tree
- Eating
- other
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creatures were eating something from trees, but no evidence what. They were not bothered either by sound of shots or by spotlight.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 10.5
- Estimated Age
- 12
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 2
- Track Condition
- fair
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Size of Toes
- toes all about the same
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- DEC 01 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting, camping
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, shot
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2