Incident #1001304
Banff, Banff National Par, Alberta
1977
Account
Riding in car with family, just past Banff on Hwy. 1, above Vermillion Lakes, Rae Shoeman, 12, saw black, upright creature striding across lake, leaving footprint marks, not ski tracks. Est. 8 to 10 feet, 200 yards away. In view 10 to 15 seconds. Brothers Bob, 16, and Eric, 10, also saw it, but more briefly. Father had not looked and would not stop car.
When
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Banff National Par
- Nearest Town
- Banff
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 3500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 45
- Latitude
- 51101-
- Longitude
- 11535--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- snow
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male and child
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- lake
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- water
- Ground condition
- frozen
- Snow Condition
- snow
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg taped intv. with Rae Shoeman.
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1991
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1991
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Was walking in snow on frozen lake
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- MC
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- ABOUT 1990
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 10 to 15