Incident #1001251
Farmington, San Juan Cty, New Mexico
before 1970
Account
Two men were hunting the "bears" that had been stealing Navajo sheep, and encountered one standing 8 feet on its back legs. Their horses reared and they were terrified as it walked towards them, but one of them shot it point blank with a 30.06. It turned and ran towards the mouth of a deep canyon, leaping as much as 50 feet in a stride. The men pursued, but two other bipeds came out of the brush and assisted the wounded one into the canyon. They stopped following. Later searched the canyon for a body, but did not find one.
When
- Year
- before 1970
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New Mexico
- County
- San Juan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Farmington
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 55
- Population of Town
- 30000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 75
- Latitude
- 361---
- Longitude
- 1084---
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than two, sex unknown (large)
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- wild
- Super Human Action
- Shot with 30.06. ran off in 50-foot leaps
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001250, 1001252, 1001253
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Slope
- ridge crest
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Mrs. C.A. Cheeseman to John Green, quoting unnamed
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- SEP 13 1971
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- approached, turned, fled
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- approached, fled from
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Fled after it had been shot. Horses reared in fright.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting, horseback
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shot, followed
- No of witnesses
- 2