Incident #1001314
Canmore, Old Fort Creek, Alberta
May 1983
Account
Willis and Elana Fox were driving East on Hwy 1A and had just entered the bridge over Old Fort Creek when a large, dark brown, bipedal creature stepped onto the road at the other end of the bridge, turned to look at the car then bolted across the road, jumped a four foot fence on the other side and ran into the trees. He estimated it 7-8 feet, she thought 6 feet. Very fast, very big and muscular, jumped fence with little effort. They did not stop.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1983
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Old Fort Creek
- Nearest Town
- Canmore
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 14
- Population of Town
- 1800
- Elevation/Altitude
- 45
- Latitude
- 510831
- Longitude
- 1150247
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bridge or wharf
- Super Human Action
- Easily jumped 4-ft fence
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Tom Steeburg phone intv. with Willis and Elana Fox
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JUL 13 1988
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- spacing
- deep set
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Colour
- dark
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- watched observer, ran, crossed road
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- fled from
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Additional Movement
- crossed fence, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- MAR 21 1988
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20