Incident #1001262
Ogden, Davis Cty, Utah
Feb 1980
Account
Ron Smith heard crunching in the snow outside his house, went out and saw a creature 7 to 8 feet tall, like a human in a big coat, walk rapidly across the pasture into a clump of trees. He then heard several loud, inhuman screams. Checked the snow the next day and found three prints about 1.5 feet long and 8 to 9 feet apart, but they were not distinct and not humanlike. Smith home is about 2 miles from the Markham sighting the day before (1001261), direction not stated. Smith and Markham are cousins.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 04 1980
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- 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
- 11159--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- grass
- Snow Condition
- snow
- Cover
- spotty
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Variety
- cleared
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Salt Lake City, Utah, Deseret News, quoting Ron J.
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- FEB 12 1980
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAR 1980
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- avoided
- Describe Unsual
- Horse standing close to house looking towards trees where creature went, but without apparent alarm.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Valerie Schulthies, Deseret News reporter
- Interview date
- FEB 1980
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1