Incident #1001508
Nunachuak, Dillingham Cty, Alaska
Sep 1998
Account
A.M. and hunting buddy sitting on a ridge 45 miles west of Lake Iliamna, in the Mulchatna River drainage near Long Lake, looking for caribou with high quality binoculars. In a large clearing about 1000 yards away they saw a large grey animal walk on two legs out of the heavy brush and go between two large spruce trees on opposite sides of the clearing. In sight for over half an hour before it moved off into the brush.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 03 1998
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- half hour
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Dillingham Cty
- Nearest Town
- Nunachuak
- Latitude
- 594---
- Longitude
- 1565---
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
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Cover
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- BFRO report posted by A.M. Contact information pre
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- OCT 05 1999
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1998
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed view field
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- did not see
- Describe Unsual
- Caribou came out into the clearing and creature moved into brush.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- over half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2