Incident #1001270
Lander, Fremont Cty, Wyoming
Aug 1972
Account
Tom Hernandez and Kurt Leininger, both 13, were riding by a hayfield on Fort Washakie Indian Reservation when they saw a tall, hairy monster with an ape-shape head move between two haystacks. They went on up the road, but when they returned it came out of some trees towards them. Their horses spooked and the creature chased them for some distance, running like a human but a lot faster, carrying one arm "sort of limp. He was real big."
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Wyoming
- County
- Fremont Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lander
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 9000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 55
- Latitude
- 4301--
- Longitude
- 10852--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- road
- Super Human Action
- Chased horses, too fast for human
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river, creek
- Substratum
- grass
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- The Salt Lake Tribune, Richard Menzies quoting Tom
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 14 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- chased
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Aggressive To
- witnesses, horses
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- ran after
- Attracted By
- human activity, livestock
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Horses bolted and later would not return to area. One arm appeared to be limp.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness 1
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Minnie Woodring, Wyoming Stat Journal
- Interview date
- AUG 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- horseback
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going, fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15
Witness 2
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1