Incident #1001293
Nordegg, David Thompson Hwy, Alberta
Jun 1972
Account
Location is unclear. Says near Nordegg and near Abraham Lake, but on a forestry road 20 miles West of Hwy. 11. No apparent place for a forestry road near the lake. Location used is a guess that it had to be the forestry road running Northwest from Nordegg. Debra Malone, then 13 years old, (don't have maiden name) wandered off from family campsite for a considerable distance, and stopped to pick some berries. She heard bushes rattle, looked up and saw a brown biped over 7 feet tall standing about 50 feet away. Both stared in surprise, and kept staring for 7 to 10 minutes, then she fled. At one point it made a low moan. There was also a musty smell.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- David Thompson Hwy
- Nearest Town
- Nordegg
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 523---
- Longitude
- 1161---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- berry patch
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- berry patch
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- some
- General undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg intv. with Debra Malone
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JUN 1988
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- spacing
- deep set
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Tone
- mottled
- Shoulders
- wide
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- prominent nose
- Torso Front
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Sound
- other
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- watched
- Describe Unsual
- Sound was low moan
- Second Colour
- light brown
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- JAN 26 1988
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking, berry picking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- bent over
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 10 to 15
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording