Incident #1001285
Coleman, Crowsnest Pas, Alberta
Aug 1954
Account
Lidio Orlando was hunting rabbits between Coleman and Blairmore, about a half mile Northeast of Hwy. 3. At about 4 p.m. he saw a tall black creature walking towards him about 400 yards away. It approached, walking faster than a man could run, to about 180 yards, where it apparently saw him and turned up a ravine, out of sight. Checking the height of a branch it walked under he estimated it to be 13 to 14 feet tall. It was much slimmer than the Patterson movie creature.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1954
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Crowsnest Pas
- Nearest Town
- Coleman
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 45
- Latitude
- 4937--
- Longitude
- 11427--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Super Human Action
- Walked too fast for man
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- half mile
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- spruce, pine, poplar
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg, letter from Lidio Orlando
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- MAR 7 1988
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 13 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- West
- Later Movement
- turned right, walked away
- Speed
- very fast
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1