Incident #1001415
Cody, Park Cty, Wyoming
Nov 1997
Account
Cutting firewood near the North Fork of the Shoshone River, half way between Cody and Yellowstone, informant's brother spotted an animal high on a North-facing slope of the Absaroka Mountains. Got binoculars, then handed them to informant without saying what they showed. Creature had disappeared in timberline, but lower down it crossed a clearing about 100 yards wide. Was on two legs, very massive, covered with dark hair. Height guessed 6 to 10 feet.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 02 1997
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Wyoming
- County
- Park Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cody
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 7000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 4428--
- Longitude
- 10933--
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
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- river
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- BFRO, Franzoni, from unidentified e-mail posting.
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- NOV 1997
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1998
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- went down slope, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was headed downhill towards the North Fork, Shoshome River.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- far
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2