Incident #1001222
Pierce, Clearwater Cty, Idaho
Oct 1979
Account
Thomas Dillon was on patrol on French Mountain Road, approximately 3 a.m., about 1.25 miles over French Mountain Saddle, heading towards Bungalow. (None of this on 1:500,000 map). Noticed an animal near the road, backed up and put spotlight on it, about 15 yards away, moving rapidly away. It went up a ravine, uphill, covering 80 yards in 4 to 5 seconds, with a fluid stride of approximately 5 to 6 feet. Was covered with matted, dirty-looking longish brown hair. Estimated from a tree it went by 8 to 8.5 feet tall, shoulders 3 to 3.5 feet wide. Threw legs out to side as it ran. Long arms, extremely powerful build. Search next day no footprints.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 25 1979
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Clearwater Cty
- Nearest Town
- Pierce
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 600
- Latitude
- 463---
- Longitude
- 1154---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- ravine
- Super Human Action
- Ran up hill 80 yards in 5 seconds, 5 to 6-ft strides
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- spotty
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- Variety
- buck brush
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Lighting
- spotlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Deputy Sheriff Thomas Dillon, Clearwater Cty.
- Source Type
- police report
- Source Date
- NOV 11 1979
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1980
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- matted
- Hair Colour
- light brown
- Shoulders
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- went up slope, fled
- Speed
- fast
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- fled from
- Describe Unsual
- Leg action was odd, throwing legs out to the sides, rarely bending them.
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- came back, stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1