Incident #992655
Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador
1913
Account
Stories by Eliot Merrick and Bruce Wright differ on specifics, both written long after the event. They agree that a daughter of Mrs. Michelin ran home saying that the creature was following her, and that Mrs. Michelin shot at it with a shotgun. They also agree that the creature or creatures (Wright writes of two of them) sometimes went down on all fours. Mrs. Michelin describes it as having a white mane on its head, otherwise no colour mentioned. Tracks were seen often. Rotten logs were torn apart and seal bones eaten. Dogs went missing, and Merrick tells of the creature fighting them with a stick. He also says it was there for two winters. Wright says blood was found after the shooting, and that similar animals have been reported since and their tracks found, as recently as the 1940's.
When
- Year
- 1913
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- County
- Labrador
- Nearest Town
- Goose Bay
- Latitude
- 5320
- Longitude
- 6020
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
- No. of Track Witnesses
- many
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- True North, by Eliot Merrick, and Wildlife Sketches, by Bruce S. Wright, quoting residents of Traverspine, Labrador, including Mrs. Michelin, about a creature or creatures seen by residents at the west end of Lake Melville.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- white
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Arms
- long
- Eating
- other
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 12.0
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 500
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Number of Toes
- 2
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Foot Shape
- wedge-shape
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fledýshot