Incident #1001313
Rocky Mountain House, Nordegg River, Alberta
Oct 1982
Account
Miles Smith and Wayne Ferguson were hunting, but had stopped by Owl Creek near the Nordegg River to do some fishing. They eard a howl or scream starting low, then high and went to investigate, "around the bushes into a clearing" where they saw about 400 yards away a dark brown, hair-covered creature about 7-8 feet tall and heavy (estimate 400 pounds) running on two legs into the trees. After a few minutes they went to look for tracks, but the ground was too hard. They were not sure if it had seen them.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Nordegg River
- Nearest Town
- Rocky Mountain House
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 4700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 5243--
- Longitude
- 11516--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg intv. with Miles Smith
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1988
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting, fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording