Incident #1001323
Calgary, Alberta
Jul 1991
Account
Zachariah Van der Lee was returning from a farm building with a grease gun for the bailer. Starting through a treed area on a path, he saw about 80 feet away in the trees an upright creature, estimated 7 feet tall, walking towards him. It then turned and walked up a hill away from him at a fast pace with long strides. It made a grunting noise every couple of paces. It was covered with hair which seemed white on the bottom and darker at the top.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 31 1991
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1991
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- Nearest Town
- Calgary
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 600000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 510---
- Longitude
- 1141---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- easy
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- many small
- General undergrowth
- grass
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg intv. with Zachariah Van der Lee, 11
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- AUG 01 1991
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1991
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- off-white
- Hair Tone
- two-tone
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turned around, walked away, entered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Sound
- grunt
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 10 to 15