Incident #1001219
Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai Cty, Idaho
May 1979
Account
Luke Duncan and his daughter Shannon, 13, were driving East on the I-80 freeway just outside the city when they noticed a reddish brown creature about 800 feet away walking uphill just above the base of the hill and within 200 feet of occupied houses on the level area nearer the road. They stopped the car and watched until it went into trees. Estimated 8 feet tall, arms long but legs short, shoulders broad but rounded, no neck. Silver streak in the middle of the upper back. It was always faced away from them. Strides were short, something seemed wrong with its walk, not like a human. It was in no hurry. Duncan looked for tracks the next day but the ground was too hard.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Kootenai Cty
- Nearest Town
- Coeur d'Alene
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 15000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 22
- Latitude
- 47393-
- Longitude
- 116445-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hill
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male and child
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- steep
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- John Green intv. Luke Duncan
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1992
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1992
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Torso Front
- wide
- Legs
- short
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went up slope, entered woods
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Stride
- short
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Silver area on back just in the upper centre. Strides short, not like a human walk.
- Different Colour on
- back
- Second Colour
- silver
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- MC
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1992
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- studied, stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2