Incident #1001257
Monticello, San Juan Cty, Utah
Oct about 1959
Account
John Paul Ingram and Bill Green were driving in the hills above Indian Creek, in a jeep with the top down, scouting for the opening of hunting season the following day. They saw a creature come out of the brush above the road, cross and go down the steep slope. Ingram described it as 4 to 4.5 feet tall, 70 or 80 pounds, covered with smoky black medium short hair except on the face and ears. Face was flat and almost as dark as the hair. It leaned slightly forward but its hands never touched the ground, and it walked faster than a man. Arms, legs and fingers seemed slightly longer than a human's. They stopped to look for it in the sagebrush, there were no trees below the road for two or three hundred yards, but it had hidden in the sagebrush. Green was concerned that it was a young animal and the mother might be near, so they left.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- about 1959
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Utah
- County
- San Juan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Monticello
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 70
- Latitude
- 375---
- Longitude
- 1093---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- spotty
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Variety
- sagebrush
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Sworn statement of John Paul Ingram
- Source Type
- deposition
- Source Date
- FEB 20 1978
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUNE 1978
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 3-4 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- black
- Face Colour
- dark
- Ears
- bare
- Nose
- no snout
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Digits
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road, went down slope, hid
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Actual size estimate 4 to 4.5 feet.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Deposition taken by Judge C.B. Wiley, Wills Point, Texas
- Interview date
- FEB 20 1978
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting, in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, chased
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30