Incident #1001225
Malad City, Oneida Cty, Idaho
Aug 1980
Account
Clynn Josephson and Brian Belnap were panning gold on Mine Creek, horses spooked and Belnap saw "a black thing" going into the trees. They packed to leave, then Josephson saw a 9.5 to 10-foot creature covered with 6 to 8-inch hair walking towards him only 50 feet away. Got to 30 feet before he got on his horse and fled. There was an indescribable odour, a really sick smell.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 30 1980
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Oneida Cty
- Nearest Town
- Malad City
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 42
- Latitude
- 421---
- Longitude
- 1120---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Pocatello Idaho State Journal, quoting The Idaho E
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- SEP 11 1980
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1980
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- approached
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- Horses were spooked.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Kristine D. Jones, publisher of The Idaho Enterprise
- Interview date
- SEP 1980
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- prospecting, work outdoors
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20