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Oct 1959
Condon, Missoula Cty, Montana
Roy W. Rye was hunting grizzlies Northeast of Seeley Lake and was following large tracks in the deep snow when he looked up and saw 20 yards away what he at first thought was a bear leaning on a fallen…
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early 1900's
Lewiston, Fergus Cty, Montana
Unidentified woman said that when she was a child in Montana the cattle were kept out of the Snowy Mountains in late fall and early spring because the hairy men who lived them would kill them for food. She said…
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before 1967
Missoula, Missoula Cty, Montana
Informant said she was in one of two cars that slowed as they went by a creature standing by the road in Lolo Pass on the Idaho Montana border. She said it was large, dark grey or grey-brown, and was…
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1916
Missoula, Missoula Cty, Montana
Russel Schrieber stated that when he was seven years old he saw an upright-walking gorilla, dark in colour, which just stepped over a barbed-wire fence. Location given only as Missoula. Mention of Patty canyon, not on 1:500.000 map.
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Oct 1953
Missoula, Powell Cty, Montana
Larry Slade hunting elk high up in the Swan Mountains near Seely Lake, shot at what he took for a cow elk entering the timber across a clearing, and then heard a lot of screeching and jabbering. Then a huge…
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before 1970
Missoula, Powell Cty, Montana
Burt Sperry, a rancher and packer in the Seeley Lake area, had taken some hunters to a remote valley Northeast of Seeley Lake and was watering the horses at a stream when he looked up and saw not 30 feet…
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Oct 1960
Dillon, Beaverhead Cty, Montana
Dean Staton was hunting when he came across bare humanlike tracks 17 inches long, 9 inches wide at the ball and 5 inches at the heel. They went over a windfall four feet off the ground without breaking stride, heading…
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1960's
Kalispell, Flathead Cty, Montana
Tom Tiede writes that he got lost in the woods near Columbia Falls while trying to locate the home of a hermit, and while he rested before turning back he heard a wailing sound and then saw a crature "like…
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1962
Libby, Lincoln Cty, Montana
Lindstom says Myran Haugen told him he saw a sasquatch near Cherry Creek in the Snowshoe area, Libby Audangle Silver Tip mine. It had a flat nose, was burnt brown in colour, about 8 feet all, broad shoulders, long arms.…
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Nov 1962
Hamilton, Ravalli Cty, Montana
Reed Christenson, his wife and daughter driving near the top of Lost Trail Pass, Hwy 93, about 2 a.m. rounded a bend and saw a creature spring to its feet and run up a small embankment beside the road, then…
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May 1964
Butte, Silver Bar Cty, Montana
Bob Guenette quotes Dan Maloughney saying in 1975 that in 1964 he and 11 other Boy Scouts were camping 18 miles South of Butte in Deer Lodge National Forest. Dr. Feathers wrote in 1965 quoting Gary Simons as saying the…
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1964
Hamilton, Ravalli Cty, Montana
Sergeant McKinney said that Lou Bigley, driving the day's first load of logs from McKinney's operation in the Upper Gird Creek area, encountered a brown creature standing upright in the middle of the road half way around the Gird Creek…
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Sep 1966
Helena, Judith Basin Cty, Montana
An Army National Guard pilot wrote to Tim Church that in September, 1966, he was flying from Helena to Lewistown, Montana, in a light plane, and while flying low through a canyon in the Little Belt Mountains he saw a…
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1966
Darby, Ravalli Cty, Montana
Bob Shook said he and some friends were hunting up Piquett Creek behind Shook Mountain (neither place on 1:500,000 map) and planned to camp at the end of Piquett Creek road, but because of a terrible smell with no source…
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Sep 1969
Wisdom, Beaverhead Cty, Montana
Ted Foster was felling trees with a power saw near Placer Creek (not on 1:500,000 map) in the Big Hole area East of Lost Trail Pass when he sensed something behind him, turned and saw 25 feet away a 7-foot…
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Sep 1968
Billings, Yellowstone Cty, Montana
Harold E. Nelson quoted as saying that he heard a noise outside his camper as he was having supper just outside Billings, took flashlight and opened the door, and found himself face to face with a very big creature covered…
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1969
Bonner, Missoula Cty, Montana
Greg Mastel wrote that his cousin Steve Filtcher, fishing a mile East of Bonner, saw an animal with a manlike face that walked upright and looked like a man in form but was 8 feet tall and covered with brownish-black…
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about 1970
Browning, Glacier Cty, Montana
Eugene O'Sullivan was sleeping in a travel trailer at the KOA campground on the West side of Lower St. Mary Lake when his cat became very agitated and woke him up. He sat up and looked out the small window…
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1970
Missoula, Missoula Cty, Montana
Butch Michelson reported to have seen a pair of glowing eyes at the window of his home. He moved to a position where he could see what was outside and made out a large form standing upright outside the window.…
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Nov 1970
Kalispell, Montana
Information only from file card, which indicates a computer report, but the report is missing. Carole Munson apparently was one of nine people who followed for a quarter mile good tracks, 16" x 8" x 4", taking 6-foot strides and…
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1971
Hamilton, Ravalli Cty, Montana
Greg Mastel wrote that Gary Pseifer and his father and cousin were driving on the Gird Creek Road when a 7-8 foot creature, estimated 500 lbs., ran across the road then stood on the side of the road and watched…
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1973
Hamilton, Ravalli Cty, Montana
Sonny McClure with a crew building a logging road several miles out of Darby, walking to worksite at 6 a.m. heard a strange noise like a small boy playing with toy trucks, but louder. Entered clearing and saw 7-foot apelike…
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1973
Hamilton, Ravalli Cty, Montana
Mrs. Presley Lay, her son Eldin Wildey and his family at the Lay ranch 5 miles South of Hamilton in Sawtooth Canyon, went looking for bears in abandoned apple orchard, then looked over a bank into the river bottom and…
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Jun 1974
Missoula, Missoula Cty, Montana
Jeff Schafer, 17, and a friend camping with parents near Lolo Hot Springs went motorcycling on logging road. Rounded a bend and a black, 9-foot creature ran in front of them. They hit the ditch. It sort of growled or…
- Aug 1974 Kalispell, Flathead Cty, Montana