Incident #1001228
Leadville, Lake Cty, Colorado
Date unknown
Account
Jeff Danelek was told that 12 climbers on Mount Elbert saw a creature 6.5 to 7 feet tall, covered with black, shiny fur, at dusk, 25 yards away. After exchanging stares for two minutes the climbers advanced about 10 yards and the creature walked into the forest. Tracks followed for a mile, until snow too deep.
When
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Colorado
- County
- Lake Cty
- Nearest Town
- Leadville
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 390---
- Longitude
- 1062---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Snow Condition
- snow
- Cover
- some trees
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Jeff Danelek, Box 281, Firestone, Colorado 80520,
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- FEB 01 1970
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- black
- Later Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied, approached
- No of witnesses
- several