Incident #1001312
Sundre, Eagle Lake, Alberta
Jun 1982
Account
Roy Hord was riding near the Ya Ha Tinda Ranch, up at Eagle Lake, and was walking his horse back along a road when he noticed a dark brown creature 150 yards ahead standing on two legs looking at him. It was behind the crest of a hell so he could not see the lower part of it, but he estimated its height at 7 feet. It had a short neck and small rounded ears that stuck out. Arms were long. After looking at him for half a minute it turned left and walked into the spruce trees by the road. The horse was unconcerned. Ground was too rocky to show tracks.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Eagle Lake
- Nearest Town
- Sundre
- Direction from Town
- West Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 37
- Population of Town
- 800
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 5143--
- Longitude
- 11529--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- hill
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- gravel road
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Distance to Water
- half mile
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- spruce
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg intv. with Roy Douglas Hord
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1989
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1989
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Ear Size
- small
- Neck Length
- short
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, turned left, entered woods
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Describe Unsual
- Horse observer was leading showed no sign of fear.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording