Incident #1001207
Grangeville, Idaho Cty, Idaho
Sep 1975
Account
Dale Dvorak and some friends drove into the Buffalo Hump area and parked at the end of the road overlooking Kelly Lake (not on 1:250,000 map) which was about three quarters of a mile away at the foot of steep, rugged cliffs. They were firing a pistol to see if the could make a splash in the water when they noticed a large animal on top of a very large rock (presumably near the lake). They had no binoculars, but could see that it was dark coloured and walked on its hind legs, on the rock, down in the brush, which was so thin they could still see it clearly, then back on the rock. They watched for about an hour and a half until it got dark, and were certain it was much larger than a human.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 1 hour
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho Cty
- Nearest Town
- Grangeville
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 3700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 70
- Latitude
- 453---
- Longitude
- 1154---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- rock
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- cliff
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- over half mile
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- sparse
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- dry
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart intv. with Dale Dvorak
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- NOV 19 1976
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- got down, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Other Activity
- Just ambled aimlessly around.
- Reaction
- did not see
- Additional Movement
- returned
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- human sounds
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Animal apparently responded to an elk call. Scream was heard after it re-entered woods, but presumed to be by creature observed.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- NOV 18 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- over half mile
- Least vertical distance
- 500 or more
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- several
- Age
- 16 to 20