Incident #1001258
Salt Lake City, Summit Cty, Utah
Jul 1977
Account
Looking for a location for an elk hunting camp, Robert and Pat Rosenberg and Robert and Mrs. Melka looked down from a ridge in the Uinta Mtns. as two hair-covered creatures 8 to 10 feet tall romped on two legs in a meadow about 400 yards away and another one stood at the edge of the trees. When they ran they took tremendous strides, crossing a 100-yard clearing at great speed. They had flat faces, much broader shoulders than humans, legs and arms larger in proportion than humans'. Location was a half mile Southwest of Elizabeth Lake (not on any available map) and about 17 miles Northwest of the Aug 26 sighting (001259).
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 10 1977
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- Utah
- County
- Summit Cty
- Nearest Town
- Salt Lake City
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 60
- Population of Town
- 160000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 100
- Latitude
- 404---
- Longitude
- 1104---
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than two, sex unknown (large)
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- half mile
- Cover
- some trees
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Bountiful, Utah, Davis County Clipper, quoting Fre
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- SEP 02 1977
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on palms, on soles
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- normal
- Shoulders
- wide
- Nose
- no snout
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- playing
- Speed
- fast
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Philip Brown, Salt Lake City, source for colour being dark. Also says one of the creatures was only 5 feet tall.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Gary R. Blodgett, Clipper reporter
- Interview date
- SEP 1977
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 4