Incident #1001227
Lewiston, Nez Perce Ctyk, Idaho
Aug 1992
Account
Several residents of the Nez Perce Indian Reserve saw a large creature walking in a plowed field on a steep slope Southwest of the Nez Perce National Historical Park visitor center at Spalding about 6.30 in the evening. Becky Johnson, Denita Higheagle and Sue Buchel saw it from the visitor center, at a half mile distance, too big and dark to be a man. Tony Arthur and two others drove closer and saw it crouched behind some bushes at the edge of the field, about 100 yards away. He estimated height at 7 feet, hair dark, long and shaggy. There were tracks in the field, about 13 inches long, but indistinct. Stories of further sightings circulated afterwards.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 06 1992
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1992
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Nez Perce Ctyk
- Nearest Town
- Lewiston
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 9
- Population of Town
- 15000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 9
- Latitude
- 46263-
- Longitude
- 116484-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- grass
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- some
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Lewiston, Idaho, Tribune, quoting Becky Johnson an
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- AUG 08 1992
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1992
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair curl
- shaggy
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went up slope
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- First observers saw it walking up a steep slope. Subsequent observers saw it crouched behind some bushes at the edge of a field.
- Additional Movement
- got down, hid
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness 1
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- No of witnesses
- several
Witness 2
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Bill Loftus, Lewiston Tribune reporter
- Interview date
- AUG 07 1992
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- several
Witness 3
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bill Loftus, Lewiston Tribune reporter
- Interview date
- AUG 07 1992
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- several