Incident #992610
Grand Rapids, Manitoba
Aug 1968
Account
Going to Grand Rapids to buy beer, Gordon George, Paul Daniels and William John Thomas stopped for a rest beside Hwy 327 about 4 miles west of Hwy. 6. About 100 or 150 yards away they saw a creature bigger than a man walk out of the brush onto the road. Thomas shot at it once with a .303 rifle and apparently missed, before they fled in the car.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 23 1968
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 2 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Manitoba
- Nearest Town
- Grand Rapids
- Latitude
- 5254
- Longitude
- 9915
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
Source
- Source
- Computer interview with Gordon George, Easterville, Manitoba, and Winnipeg, Man., Free Press, Sep. 11, 1968, quoting Michael Kirkpatrick and William Lavallee quoting Gordon George, Paul Daniels and William John Thomas, all of Easterville.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- light grey
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- medium
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Expression
- none
- Nose
- no snout
- Abdomen
- slim
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- fled