Incident #1001204
McCall, Valley Cty, Idaho
Dec 1974
Account
According to the sheriff, Bobby Clark and Richard Aman, both 10, said that they saw a huge, manlike, fur-covered creature roaming a field just outside a McCall subdivision. Bobby described it as a "big gorilla." His mother, Sally Clark, went back next day with Rick Wilde, 17. and found large imprints in the snow which caused their large dog to whimper, tremble and refuse to follow. Bobby had been too scared to go. Sally quoted her son that the creature was 7 to 8 feet tall, very heavy, covered with dark fur, and that if flapped its arms and screeched at them. The boys fled, but Bobby looked back and saw the creature walk into the trees.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Valley Cty
- Nearest Town
- McCall
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 44524-
- Longitude
- 116055-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Nearby Water
- pond
- Distance to Water
- close
- Snow Condition
- snow
- Cover
- some trees
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart intv. with Mrs. Sally Clark. Also Boi
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAR 15 1975
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1977
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Arms Action
- gesturing
- Arms Used
- other
- Sound
- scream
- Other Activity
- screamed and waved arms at children
- Human Contact
- bluff
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Apparently tried, successfully, to scare off children.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15