Incident #1001335
Banff, Rocky Mountains, Alberta
Jul about 1989
Account
Riding in car driven by her husband, nearing Banff from the East, children 12 and 9 called her attention to a brown creature, slightly stooped, est. 8 ft., running upright beside the trees about 30 feet from the road. Her husband did not look and drove by.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- about 1989
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Rocky Mountains
- Nearest Town
- Banff
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 511---
- Longitude
- 1153---
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
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Nearby Water
- river
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Terri Pacileo interviewed by Tom Steenberg
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1994
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1995
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Longer on
- arms
- Torso Side
- wide
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- travelled parallel
- Running Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- FC
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- 1994
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 31 to 40