Incident #1001283
Wrangell, Petersburg Cty, Alaska
Jul 1969
Account
At prospecting camp in Bradfield Canal area (Bradfield Canal Quad map (B-5) T 64 S, R 28 E, Sec 23, N.E. Cor.) saw on a ridge 300 feet higher and 500 yards away what appeared to be an extremely large man, very dark colour but apparently no clothes. Watched him 10 or 15 minutes, until partner yelled and waved to him, when he took off with a lumbering gait, rather rapidly, out of sight behind ridge. No further sighting, and no tracks on rock where figure had been. Concluded it was not a man but an animal.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Petersburg Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wrangell
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 35
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 26
- Latitude
- 561---
- Longitude
- 1313---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- hill
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- ridge
- Slope
- ridge crest
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Snow Condition
- deep patches
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- J.W. Huff writing to Richard Tierney. Also Bigfoot
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- OCT 12 1969
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1969
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, fled
- Running Speed
- fast
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- prospecting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- 300 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied, shouted
- No of witnesses
- 2