Incident #1001231
Trinidad, Las Animas Cty, Colorado
1979
Account
A man and his girlfriend checking reports of a "giant ape" seen around an old church near the Allen Mine staked it out at night, and after midnight he went to check something seen in the shadows near the church, then he heard a scream and saw a large hairy creature run into the woods. The girl said she had heard a movement behind her, turned and saw the creature moving slowly towards her with one arm outstretched. She screamed and it ran off. (Informant locates the Allen Mine as 40 miles from Trinidad, giving no direction, but also says the town of Weston is "a few miles down" from the mine. Weston is 20 air miles West of Trinidad.)
When
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Colorado
- County
- Las Animas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Trinidad
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Latitude
- 370---
- Longitude
- 1045---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001232
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- F. Dean Snead, 1641 Boston St., Aurora, CO, quotin
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1984
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1985
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- gestured, fled, entered woods
- Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Used
- for beckoning
- Reaction
- approached, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Woman said creature was approaching with an arm extended, but fled when she screamed.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shouted
- No of witnesses
- 2