Incident #1001513
Wapiti, Park Cty, Wyoming
May 1978
Account
S. and another man were driving to Yellowstone Park for summer work. At about 1.45 a.m, a half-hour drive from the park gate, rounded a curve and saw a large, dark, shaggy figure coming up out of the ditch on the South side of the road about 225 feet away. It looked towards them, eyes reflecting yellow, then turned away, walked across the road in three fluid strides and stepped down into the channel of a culvert under the road, holding onto a barrier railing with one hand. 7 to 7.5 feet, est 600 to 800 lbs., head merged into neck, arms knee length and swinging almost horizontal.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Wyoming
- County
- Park Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wapiti
- Latitude
- 4428--
- Longitude
- 1093---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ditch
- Near or/at
- road
- Super Human Action
- Crossed road in three steps
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- BFRO from S. CIA
- Source Type
- internet
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- APR 2000
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected yellow
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on soles
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair curl
- shaggy
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Feet Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Nose
- no snout
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Torso Side
- very wide
- Buttocks
- massive
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Hands
- large
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- climbing hill
- Direction
- North
- Later Movement
- crossed road, went down slope, disappeared
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached, stopped, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30