Incident #1001221
Orofino, Idaho Cty, Idaho
Oct 1979
Account
Henry VanCorback Jr. was hunting on Little Weitas Butte about 20 miles East of Pierce, searching with binoculars over an open hillside about 200 yards away, when he saw a tall, dark animal, thin with long thin arms and legs, climbing the steep slope. It walked upright leaning forward, and covered an estimated 400 yards in 2.5 minutes, disappearing into some timber.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orofino
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 44
- Population of Town
- 2500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 45
- Latitude
- 4627--
- Longitude
- 11520--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Super Human Action
- Climbed steep slope impossibly fast
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Lighting
- heavy cloud
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart phone intv. with Henry VanCorback Jr.
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1979
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1980
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- erect
- Leg Width
- thin
- Arm Bulk
- thin
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went up slope, entered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature covered an estimated 400 yards up a steep hill in 2.5 minutes. Leaned forward as it walked, but hands never touched ground.
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- 1979
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- over half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20