Incident #1001232
Trinidad, Las Animas Cty, Colorado
1979
Account
A young girl reported that passing the church at the Allen Mine just before sunset she heard a grunting noise from behind her and saw standing at the corner of the church an 8 foot tall ape, looking down at her. It stood and watched her for a while, then left.
When
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- 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
- 1001231
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 8
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
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, walked away
- Sound
- grunt
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1