Incident #1001318
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
Apr 1987
Account
Darren Romeo and friend were walking on a cut line (survey line clearing) "five minutes North of Rocky Mountain House" about 1 p.m. when they noticed a large creature about 1000 yards ahead standing on its hind legs looking at them. It stood there about 5 seconds, then bolted into the trees. Estimated height 7 to 8 feet, covered with dark brown hair, ran on two legs.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1987
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- Nearest Town
- Rocky Mountain House
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 4700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 5214--
- Longitude
- 11457--
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
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg, phone call from Darren Romeo and an
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- OCT 20 1987
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, ran, entered woods
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- OCT 20 1987
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2