Incident #1001291
Banff, Kicking Horse Pas, Alberta
about 1971
Account
Motel owner in Golden overheard telling other guests that on a trip home from Calgary the previous winter she and her son stopped because their car boiled over going up the Kicking Horse Pass, and when they turned on the lights again there was a huge, upright creature covered with white hair only 20 or 30 feet in front of them. It was on the left side of the road, where it had apparently climbed a steep bank, and crossed to the right side where it climbed out of sight. Problem with location, which was recalled as 18 miles East of Golden. Going to Golden that is in the middle of a very long downhill grade after going over the pass. No area with steep hillsides and an upward grade that would boil a car over is evident on a contour map on either side of the pass.
When
- Year
- about 1971
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Kicking Horse Pas
- Nearest Town
- Banff
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- river
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- heavy snow
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- John Fuhrman quoting a friend quoting an overheard
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JUN 1977
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- white
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road, went up slope
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- FC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2