Incident #1001301
Nordegg, David Thompson Hwy, Alberta
Aug 1976
Account
Shelley Sadoway, 12, in family car on vacation, just past Nordegg family saw half a mile away five or six upright, black creatures, covered with long hair, walking across the road, tallest first. Height range estimated 6 feet to 4 feet. Crossed road looking straight ahead.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- David Thompson Hwy
- Nearest Town
- Nordegg
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 522---
- Longitude
- 1162---
What was seen
- Individuals
- other group of large and small
- Total Individuals
- 5
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Shelley Sadoway letter to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- DEC 27 1976
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- One of five or six individuals, ranging down in size from 6 ft. to 4 ft.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- One of five or six individuals, ranging down in size from 6 ft. to 4 ft.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 3
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- One of five or six individuals, ranging down in size from 6 ft. to 4 ft.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 4
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 3-4 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- One of five or six individuals, ranging down in size from 6 ft. to 4 ft.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 5
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- One of five or six individuals, ranging down in size from 6 ft. to 4 ft.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- kept going, studied
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 10 to 15