Incident #1001416
Wilsail, Park Cty, Montana
May 1989
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Park Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wilsail
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 70
- Latitude
- 4600--
- Longitude
- 11005--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- ridge
- Near or/at
- tree
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, plateau
- Exact Terrain
- ridge
- Slope
- ridge crest
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- one small
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from James Cummins - [email protected]
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- NOV 1998
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- swaying
- Later Movement
- got up, walked away
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- far
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2