Incident #992612
Grand Rapids, Manitoba
Sep 1968
Account
William Easter, driving with Joe Sinclair and Nelson Scribe, on Hwy 6, 18 miles south of Grand Rapids, got out to check the tires and noticed 200 yards back, by the road, a large, dark, heavily-built creature standing erect. He backed up to look at it, but it was gone.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Manitoba
- Nearest Town
- Grand Rapids
- Latitude
- 5257
- Longitude
- 9910
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
Source
- Source
- Computer interview, John Green with William Easter, Easterville, Man. Says Joe Sinclair, Moose Lake, Man., and Nelson Scribe, of mines and resources, were with him.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- wide
- Legs
- medium
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed still