Incident #1001440
Bellvue, Larimer Cty, Colorado
Aug 1990
Account
Leona Hill, her son, his wife and a friend were resting from building a bridge across Buckhorn Creek where they had bought property, and the son, Dallas Crutchfield, was scanning the mountainside to the west with binoculars. He saw something, his wife took the binoculars and saw it chasing deer. It ran into a group of pine trees. A few minutes later it leaped out and ran across the face of the mountain "like the wind" Description, at least 7 ft. pitch black. Son saw a tuft of white hair on the head. Strange, distinctive gait.(not described). A huge bird kept circling around where it was.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 12 1990
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1990
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Colorado
- County
- Larimer Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bellvue
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 68
- Latitude
- 403---
- Longitude
- 1051---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Ran like the wind in steep, rugged terrain
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- spotty
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Leona Hill - [email protected]
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- DEC 27 1998
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- running, other
- Later Movement
- entered woods, returned, ran
- Speed
- very fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Aggressive To
- deer
- Attracted By
- wild animal prey
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was chasing deer when first seen. A large bird circled around where it was.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Different Colour on
- other
- Second Colour
- white
- Additional Movement
- crossed view field, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- a long way
- Least vertical distance
- 300 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 4