Incident #1001515
Seeley Lake, Flathead Cty, Montana
Jul 1997
Account
Mathew Griffen, his father Tim Griffen, and sisters Reta and Jerry Loper, on horseback camping trip in Marshall Wilderness, came upon an 8-foot, brown black, hair-covered creature standing in the middle of the White River. It stood with its knees a little bent, and had a flat and apelike face. They were about 40 yards from it, and it stayed there staring at them so they watched it for about 15 minutes before moving on.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Flathead Cty
- Nearest Town
- Seeley Lake
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 70
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 4735--
- Longitude
- 11310--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- river
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg phone call from Mathew Griffen, 12,
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1999
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Reaction
- watched
- Water Activity
- wading
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- horseback
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Age
- 10 to 15