Incident #1001303
Athabaska, Alberta
Oct 1976
Account
Daryl Lange, 11, and Paul Schlier, about 18, walking on a gravel road about 10 miles East of Rochester and a mile North of the Rochester-Newbrook road, saw a creature 7 to 8 feet tall, black or dark brown, ambling along. When it saw them it ambled away at a faster walk, through the trees and across a field. Staff of Wildlife Research Centre at scene shortly after, saw tracks 10 inches long and 6 inches wide sometimes unclear at front, but with two definite depressions at the back .5 to .75 inches deep in hard gravel. Balance of track average .5 inches. Stride 41 inches, then expanded to 61 to 68 inches always in a single line. Wildlife people said no known animal.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 31 1976
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- noon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- Nearest Town
- Athabaska
- Direction from Town
- South Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 5422--
- Longitude
- 11311--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male and child
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Athabaska, Alberta, Echo, quoting Daryl Lange and
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- NOV 03 1976
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1976
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Reaction
- avoided
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- glossy
- Hair Colour
- black
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- did not see
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 10.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- .50
- Heel
- .75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 54
- Longest
- 68
- Shortest
- 41
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- hours
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Foot Deformity Y/N
- Yes
- Bumps Y/N
- Yes
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Material Tracks Made in
- gravel
- Describe Deformity
- Two deep depressions (not otherwise described) at the back of the track.
Witness
- Sex
- MC
- Interviewer
- Athabaska Echo reporter.
- Interview date
- OCT 31 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20