Incident #992659
Cobalt, Timiskaming Cty, Ontario
Apr 1947
Account
Woman and son walking on the railway tracks to Cobalt from Gillies Depot, saw a dark, hairy animal with a light head amble off the tracks into the bush near Gillies Lake.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1947
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Ontario
- County
- Timiskaming Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cobalt
- Latitude
- 4723
- Longitude
- 7941
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- railroad
- Near or/at
- water
- Super Human Action
- Pushed over 8" cottonwood tree.
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- North Bay Nugget, story from Cobalt, Ont., Apr. 16, 1947, quoting unnamed woman and son from Gillies Depot
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Second Colour
- light
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking