Incident #1001263
Ogden, Weber Cty, Utah
Feb 1980
Account
Lee Padilla was driving East on Riverdale Road a mile West of the Weber River at 3.30 a.m. when a 10 to 11 foot tall creature loped gracefully across the highway about 25 feet away. It had long legs, a head like a gorilla, long, dark brown, furry hair. Estimated weight 600 pounds. Estimated speed 35 miles an hour. Ground proved too hard for footprints.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 25 1980
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Utah
- County
- Weber Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ogden
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 65000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 43
- Latitude
- 4113--
- Longitude
- 11200--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- crossing
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- pasture
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- over half mile
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Odgen, Utah, Standard-Examiner, quoting Lee Padill
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- FEB 27 1980
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAR 1980
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- matted
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- running
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- crossed road, disappeared
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 30 mph
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bert Strand, Standard-Examiner reporter
- Interview date
- FEB 1980
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1