Incident #1001324
Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater River, Alberta
1979
Account
Mrs. Diane Menzal and her son were walking on the highway at the Tay River campground, near the river crossing, when they heard a noise behind them, turned and saw a very tall hair-covered creature cross the higway, look at them and walk up a hill on the other side of the road and into the trees..
When
- Year
- 1979
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
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
- 520234
- Longitude
- 1150528
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- hillside
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- jackpine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg, "The Sasquatch in Alberta" p68, quo
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1990
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1990
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road, went up slope, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2