Incident #1001321
Cardston, Waterton Lakes National Par, Alberta
May 1988
Account
Susan Adams (Stoness) Scott Stoness, Darwin Gillies and Shannon Senkow camping at Crandell Lake campground in Waterton Lakes National Park, shortly before 1 a.m. the Stonesses headed for the washroom and encountered a big, upright animal that grunted at them. The four campers got in two cars, facing opposite ways, and put on headlights. Dark creature with long legs walked through light from one car, maybe 50 feet away, long unhurried strides. All four saw it. Measuring tree next day indicated 7.5 to 8 ft. Reported to park office and returned next day, ground too hard for tracks. Deer that hang around the campground had disappeared a couple of hours before the sighting and did not show up again until near morning. People in a truck said they had seen the same thing.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 24 1988
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Waterton Lakes National Par
- Nearest Town
- Cardston
- Direction from Town
- West Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 2800
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 4902--
- Longitude
- 11351--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- camp
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- moderate
- General
- some
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Wind
- windy
- Lighting
- moonlight, headlights
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg intv. with Susan Stoness, Scott Ston
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- AUG 30 1988
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Nose
- no snout
- Breast
- none
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- approached, crossed view field, walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Sound
- grunt
- Odour
- none
- Reaction
- watched, ignored
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature took strides estimated 5 feet. Witnesses think it had been hanging around watching them for some time.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- AUG 30 1988
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly, studied
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording