Incident #1001286
Jasper, Banff National Par, Alberta
Aug 1968
Account
Gerald Martin and his family saw a large, black, upright figure walking very rapidly with long strides a mile or two East of Hwy. 93 between Jasper and Banff near Sunwapta Pass, opposite the Columbia Icefield. They considered it too large and walking too fast to be human.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 01 1968
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Banff National Par
- Nearest Town
- Jasper
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 55
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 75
- Latitude
- 521---
- Longitude
- 1170---
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
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Letter to Roger Patterson from Gerald Martin
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Speed
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- BC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Position
- seated
- Closest horizontal distance
- over half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- several