Incident #992633
Gypsumville, Manitoba
Oct 1979
Account
Up to 10 residents of Little Saskatchewan Indian Reserve said to have seen and 8-foot, black creature that walks upright like a man. David Thompson said he saw it standing in the middle of the road. Norman Shorting and Ivor Traverse said it was walking and ducking down, and running like a man. Ron Heroux cast a 15-inch footprint in dry, hard mud in a ditch. Another reserve resident said he and others spotlighted the creature close to a swamp the following night, its eyes were large and green.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 14 1979
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Manitoba
- Nearest Town
- Gypsumville
- Latitude
- 5146
- Longitude
- 9831
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Winnipeg, Man., Free Press, Oct. 17 and 18, 1979, and Canadian Press story, and other media sources, quoting David Thompson, Norman Shorting, Ivor Traverse and other residents of Little Saskatchewan Indian Reserve, plus conservation officer Ron Heroux.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- ran
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 5.0
- Average Depth
- 2.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 58
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Material Tracks Made in
- clay and silt