Incident #992673
Stanley Mission, Churchill River, Saskatchewan
Jul 1972
Account
Checking the portage at Grand Rapids on the Churchill River, Kamel Pecher heard something moving in the trees. Going back for his kayak and pack he came on fresh tracks four times as long as his fist and twice as wide, stride length three times his. Coming back with his things, not enough light to photograph the tracks, then smelled a strange smell, turned and saw a huge dark shape, shoulders level with the poplar crowns, like a man or ape. He fled.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Saskatchewan
- County
- Churchill River
- Nearest Town
- Stanley Mission
- Latitude
- 5522
- Longitude
- 10351
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Fish and Game Sportsman Magazine, summer, 1978, article by Kamil Pecher.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Odour
- mild
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Action on sighting
- fled