Incident #1001234
Trinidad, Las Animas Cty, Colorado
1980
Account
A few days after sighting by boy (1001233) an elderly man living on Engleville Hill went out with gun and flashlight to see why his dog was barking, saw an 8-foot monster standing in his garden, shot at it and ran. The creature screamed and started after him, putting a hairy paw through his door window. The man was found unconscious on the floor, and his German Shepherd had been ripped apart. Large 3-toed footprints were found in the area.
When
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
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
- 1001233
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- made noise, attacked
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- plateau
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- F. Dean Snead, 1641 Boston St. Aurora, CO, 80010,
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1984
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1985
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- made a noise, chased, handled something
- Aggressive To
- observer, dog
- Arms Used
- for breaking
- Object Handled
- animal
- Sound
- scream
- Human Contact
- attempt entry
- Reaction
- ran after
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Dog barked at creature, later something, presumably creature seen, tore dog in pieces. Creature also chased informant and punched through the window in his door, but only after being shot at. (All very doubtful)
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Number of Toes
- 3
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- 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
- shot, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- several