Incident #1001438
Rocky Mountain House, Crimson Lake area, Alberta
Aug 1998
Account
Nathan Hawke filed a very brief report of a bipedal animal, 7.5 feet tall, covered with long black hair, apparently eating berries in a pine forest 40 feet off a walking path in Crimson Lake Provincial Park. He states that he was riding a bike on the path, going to Twin Lakes campground, and that he cast large footprints and collected several hair samples..
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 15 1998
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Crimson Lake area
- Nearest Town
- Rocky Mountain House
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 32
- Latitude
- 5225--
- Longitude
- 11503--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Nathan Hawke - stalkher_69@yaho
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- DEC. 6 1998
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- eating
- Eating
- berries
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Evidence Left
- footprints, hair
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- big
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- bicycling
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 1