Incident #1001211
Grangeville, Idaho Cty, Idaho
Jul 1976
Account
Mrs. Toni Beeson camped on Seigel Creek at the abandoned American Eagle mine site about 18 road miles East of Elk City with her parents Woody and Billy Wilson, her two small daughters and her brother and sister-in-law. She and her mother took the two girls, 3 and 4, for a walk up the creek on an old road. They got tired so Toni went on alone a little way, then hurried back and asked her mother if there were any flat-faced bears in the area. She said she had seen one about 70 yards away standing upright with its arms around a tree, and that when she turned back she several times looked back and saw it paralleling her 60 or 70 yards uphill. She said it was 6.5 to 7 feet tall, covered with dark brown hair 3 to 4 inches long, the hair on its face shorter and lighter.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 03 1976
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho Cty
- Nearest Town
- Grangeville
- Direction from Town
- East Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 45
- Population of Town
- 3700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 454---
- Longitude
- 1151---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart intv. with members of Mrs. Toni Beeso
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- AUG 23 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Shorter On
- face
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- travelled parallel
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- tree
- Other Activity
- When first seen creature was standing with arms around tree.
- Reaction
- approached
- Different Colour on
- face
- Second Colour
- light brown
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- her mother intv. by Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- AUG 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking, camping
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1