Incident #992661
Cobalt, Timiskaming Cty, Ontario
Aug 1970
Account
Aimee Latreille was driving a bus with 27 miners headed for the graveyard shift at Cobalt Lode, when a large dark form with light hair down to its shoulders went across the road in front of him. A miner, Larry Cormack, also saw it. Latreille said it could not have been a bear, and Cormack said it didn't walk like a bear.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ontario
- County
- Timiskaming Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cobalt
- Latitude
- 4725
- Longitude
- 7940
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- North Bay, Ont., Nugget, Aug. 5, 1970, quoting Aimee Latreille and Larry Cormack.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Second Colour
- light
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Action on sighting
- kept going