Incident #1001294
Rocky Mountain House, David Thompson Hwy, Alberta
1972
Account
Mrs. Robert Burton picking berries near her home with her daughter, 12, and a youth, 17, in a valley "full of tag alders" saw about 200 feet away the head and shoulders of a man covered with hair except on the face. Height above brush indicated 8 to 10 feet tall. As they watched it ducked out of sight, but reappeared a few yards away. This happened several times and then it was not seen again.
When
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- David Thompson Hwy
- Nearest Town
- Rocky Mountain House
- Distance from Town
- 11
- Population of Town
- 4700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 522---
- Longitude
- 1145---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- heavy
- Variety
- alder, berry bushes
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- John Geiger quoting his grandmother quoting Mrs. R
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- JAN 01 1973
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, got down, got up
- Eating
- berries
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Additional Movement
- got down, got up
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- BC
- Interviewer
- John Geiger's grandmother
- Interview date
- 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- berry picking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 3