Incident #1001272
Jackson, Teton Cty, Wyoming
Jun 1980
Account
Robert Goodrich and Glenn Towner reported to police at Jackson that they had been chased of Snow King Mountain (not on available maps) by a 12-foot creature with long dark hair and arms that hung almost to the ground. They said they had gone about 3 a.m. to look for a friend who was living in a leanto on the mountain, but close to his location they encountered the creature, which breathed heavily and made a moaning, growl type noise. They said it was hunchbacked and had a simian like face as big as a stop sign. They ran away from it and it followed them right into Jackson, last seen standing under a street light near the Ramada Snow King Inn. Police said the men had not been drinking.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 17 1980
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Wyoming
- County
- Teton Cty
- Nearest Town
- Jackson
- Population of Town
- 4500
- Latitude
- 432---
- Longitude
- 1104---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Idaho Falls, Idaho, Post Register, story from Jack
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUN 18 1980
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1980
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 12 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- made a noise, chased
- Sound
- panting, growl
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- ran after
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- large
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Police at Jackson, Wyoming
- Interview date
- JUN 17 1980
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2