Incident #992616
Easterville, Manitoba
Nov 1970
Account
June Johnson and John Jones were driving back to Easterville late at night when they saw a figure standing beside the road ahead. As they approached it stepped to the side and stood still, but when they stopped and backed up it had disappeared in the brush. This was on Hwy 327 a few miles from Hwy 6. June Johnson had a sighting the previous summer somewhere on the same road. (2613)
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Manitoba
- Nearest Town
- Easterville
- Latitude
- 5254
- Longitude
- 9915
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Winnipeg Free Press, Jan. 26, 1974, Brian McAnulty quoting Jene Johnson and Don Jones, Easterville, Man. school teachers.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected green
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- short
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turnedýstopped still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept goingýcame back