Incident #1001302
Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater River, Alberta
Sep 1976
Account
Gary Schmidt and Peter Garyall were hunting grouse along a cutline Southwest of Caroline when Garyall, a Greek immigrant, called Schmidt out of the bush, asking "Have you got apes up in the mountains?" Schmidt came into the open and saw up ahead a black animal kneeling in the water at the far side of a river splashing water over itself. He ran towards it, it stood up, waded ashore, stood on the bank and looked at him, then entered the trees. The river was too fast and wide to cross. Creature was 8 to 9 feet tall, covered with hair, face "between a dog and a man", but with no snout.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Clearwater River
- Nearest Town
- Rocky Mountain House
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 520---
- Longitude
- 1152---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- shore
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- river
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- jackpine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Gary Schmidt to John Green. Also Tom Steenburg, "T
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- JUL 08 1977
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Nose
- no snout
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- got up, went up slope, watched observer
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Arms Used
- other
- Other Activity
- Was kneeling in river splashing water on itself
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- water
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- play
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Additional Movement
- turned, walked away, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- kneeling
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- approached, studied
- No of witnesses
- 2