Incident #1001261
Ogden, Davis Cty, Utah
Feb 1980
Account
Paulene Markham, at kitchen window, saw on a hill half a mile away a humanlike form estimated 8 to 10 feet tall, dark brown or black, walking the ridge.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 03 1980
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Utah
- County
- Davis Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ogden
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 6
- Population of Town
- 65000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 45
- Latitude
- 4105--
- Longitude
- 11157--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hill
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- easy
- Snow Condition
- snow
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Variety
- cleared
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Salt Lake City, Utah, Deseret News, quoting Paulin
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- FEB 12 1980
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAR 1980
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- did not see
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Valerie Schulthies, Deseret News reporter
- Interview date
- FEB 1980
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20