Incident #1001233
Trinidad, Las Animas Cty, Colorado
1980
Account
A boy living in Engleville Hill on the outskirts of Trinidad looked out to see why his dog was barking furiously and saw in the dim light from the porch a giant hairy figure in the yard. Got his father to look, but it was gone. Next day found a large three-toed print in a patch of mud.
When
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Colorado
- County
- Las Animas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Trinidad
- Distance from Town
- 1
- 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
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001234
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- plateau
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- F. Dean Snead, 1641 Boston St. Aurora, CO, 80010,
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1984
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1985
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Describe Unsual
- Dog barked furiously.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- several