Incident #1001297
Nordegg, David Thompson Hwy, Alberta
May 1974
Account
Ron Gummow was driving East on the David Thompson Highway near Abraham Lake when he rounded a curve and encountered two erect, brown-haired creatures 12 feet tall. He stopped about 30 feet from them as they stared at his car, then turned and "just jogged away but covered a tremendous amount of ground." There are few sharp curves on the highway, so the sighting was probably right at Windy Point.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 11 1974
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- noon
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- David Thompson Hwy
- Nearest Town
- Nordegg
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 5215--
- Longitude
- 11623--
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, valley
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Calgary Albertan, quoting Ronald C. Gummow. Also V
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAY 14 1974
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1974
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 12 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Shoulders
- wide
- Nose
- no snout
- Legs
- medium
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, fled
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- slow
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- The May 13 story says the creatures had flat faces. The May 14 story says their faces were "exactly like baboons." Most probable explanation seems to be that the witness is not familiar with baboons.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Paul Hepher, Calgary Albertan
- Interview date
- MAY 13 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1