Incident #1001235
Trinidad, Las Animas Cty, Colorado
1980
Account
A woman and her son at their home near Weston, by the city's water treatment plant, sitting on the front porch at night when the woman noted a strong odour, and noticed a huge shape just beyond the porch light. The son got a shotgun, thinking it was a bear, and fired at point blank range. Only effect was that the creature ran off on two legs. Later they found their St. Bernard cowering in its doghouse.
When
- Year
- 1980
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Colorado
- County
- Las Animas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Trinidad
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 20
- 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
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- fled
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- 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
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1985
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- St. Bernard dog acted terrified.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- turned, walked away
- Reaction
- avoided
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Position
- seated
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 2