Incident #1001404
Jasper, Jasper National Park, Alberta
Aug 1993
Account
Eddie Garpache and companion, sex not stated, were walking on a little used trail 6 miles north of Whistler campground in Jasper park, when they heard strange hooting noises close to the trail. They crept closer to investigate and saw a 9-foot animal, built heavier thana gorilla, covered with dirty blackish-brown hair with some white patches. It seemed quite old, moved slowly, limping, but it chased them for about 20 minutes, slowly, but could have caught them, (they were out of shape). They went back 8 hours later and found many large tracks with widespread toes and a wide heel, sunk deep in semi-firm mud. There was more than one set of tracks.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 17 1993
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Jasper National Park
- Nearest Town
- Jasper
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 6
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 5250--
- Longitude
- 11815--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- BFRO, Scott McNabb interview with Eddie Garpache,
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- DEC 1997
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Expression
- angry
- Mouth Open?
- sometimes open
- Later Movement
- watched observer, chased
- Speed
- slow
- Running Speed
- slow
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Sound
- other
- Human Contact
- bluff
- Reaction
- ran after
- Describe Unsual
- Witness thought creature was on its last legs, and lame. When it looked at them it seemed to have a soft smile, yet looked furious.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Second Colour
- white
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- big
- Heel Width
- wide
- Average Depth
- 3.00
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Foot Shape
- splay-toed
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Scott McNabb
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2