Incident #992623
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Jul 1975
Account
After watching a late-night movie, David Peters and Joseph Mousseau went out on the porch of their grandparents' home on the Long Plains Indian Reserve and saw an 8 to 8.5-foot creature standing about 15 feet from the porch. It took a couple of steps to the side before they fled into the house. Next day 5 footprints were found in sand around a well and three more in a ditch 75 feet from the house. One of these, in clay, was removed intact and put in a box.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 04 1975
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Manitoba
- Nearest Town
- Portage la Prairie
- Latitude
- 4938
- Longitude
- 9831
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male and child
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Source
- Source
- Portage la Prairie, Man., Daily Graphic, Jul 8, 1975,quoting David Peters, 15, Long Plains Reserve and Joseph Mousseau, 8, Notre Dame de Lourdes.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- watched
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 60
- Number of Tracks
- 8
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Foot Shape
- longýnarrow
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- studiedýfled