Incident #1001295
Medicine Hat, Seven Persons Creek, Alberta
Oct 1974
Account
"Observer" sent Leonard Edvardson sketches made the same evening of what was seen in Kin Coolee near Medicine Hat. The accompanying letters do not say so but the sketches clearly indicate a female carrying an infant. The creature was estimated 6 to 7 feet tall, dark reddish brown, seen from about 250 feet away, walking awkwardly in a slightly stooped position. It then "vanished in the small creek and bushes" presumably Seven Persons Creek. The second note makes clear that it walked right in the creek. There cannot have been many bushes for it to be seen at all at such a distance.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Seven Persons Creek
- Nearest Town
- Medicine Hat
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 495---
- Longitude
- 1104---
What was seen
- Individuals
- female and small
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- water
- Related incident id
- 1001296
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- some trees
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- some
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Letter from anonymous "observer" to Leonard Edvard
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- DEC 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1974
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Chin Y/N
- No
- Beard Y/N
- No
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- No
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- medium
- Shoulder Shape
- hunched
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead
- average
- Forehead Shape
- vertical
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Legs
- short
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- bent
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- infant
- Water Activity
- wade in
- Use of Water
- travel
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was carrying something in its arms, apparently an infant.
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- large
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- No of witnesses
- 1