Incident #1001315
Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater River, Alberta
Aug 1984
Account
Al Frocklage, camped at Seven Mile Recreation Area by the Clearwater River, had gone for a walk up a cutline (strip cleared for survey purposes) several hundred yards from camp when he heard a noise in the brush beside him and made out a dark brown or black hairy head moving above the heavy underbrush and into the thick pine trees behind. Estimated total height 12 feet.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1984
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Clearwater River
- Nearest Town
- Rocky Mountain House
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 35
- Population of Town
- 2400
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 5159--
- Longitude
- 11513--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- heavy
- Species
- jackpine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg intv. with Al Frocklage
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- OCT 27 1987
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1987
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 12 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was in high brush, he could see only its head.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- 1987
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1