Incident #1001413
Elk River, Clearwater Cty, Idaho
Oct 1995
Account
Camped above the Elk River where it flows into Dvorashak Lake, Darrick Grim and Tom Marlatte getting ready for supper when they heard a scream, shone spotlight in brush and saw a hairy body 7 to 8 foot, not much hair on face, big eyes reflecting blue-green. It covered its eyes from the light and moved after a few seconds. Originally was hanging on to two trees about 6" diameter with its hands.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 28 1995
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1995
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Clearwater Cty
- Nearest Town
- Elk River
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 46383-
- Longitude
- 116132-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- moderate
- Species
- pine, cedar, red fir
Weather and light
- Rainfall
- dry
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- spotlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Report by Darrick Grim
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- APR 23 1997
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUGUST 1997
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- Reflection
- reflected other colour
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on palms
- Hair Thin on
- face
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, walked away
- Arms Action
- shading eyes
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- tree
- Sound
- scream
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- Next day found limbs twisted off fir trees about 5 to 8.5 feet up. That day had noticed a lack of game, despite lots of sign. Eyes reflected blue green, with a slight red tint.
- Evidence Left
- broken tree
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2