Bigfoot sighting near Boyle, Alberta
Jul 1979 · Boyle, Alberta, Canada
In July 1979 near north Buck Lake, Alberta, a fourteen-year-old riding a dirt bike saw a tall dark upright figure walk a road, crouch, then flee into bush.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Possible sighting by off-road bikers near Buck Lake
- Date
- Jul 1979
- Place
- Boyle, Alberta, Canada
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 53.032, -114.787
- Time
- about 18:00, daylight
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 50 m (164 ft)
- Duration
- 2 min
- Height
- 2.3 m (8 ft)
- Described as
- massive, biped
- Behaviour
- crouching, fleeing, walking
- In the account
- childhood memory, crouched, family lore, felt fear, in vehicle, long arms, on or by road, reported years later, ruled out bear, stopped vehicle, thought person first, told no one, very tall, walked upright, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 4 independent (6 listings)
Sources
- BFRO (ArcGIS copy)Read the report
- Canada Bigfoot Points (ArcGIS)Read the report
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- Kerry Clausen-Kilmury: Canada mapRead the report
- ManganiRead the report
Nearby sightings
- 1979- Sighting By Off-Road bikers
- Creature seen standing 75 feet from family home.
- October 1997 - SW of Wabamun Lake
- August 23, 2020 - W of Pigeon Lake
- Bigfoot sighting near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
- Second-hand story about a Stony Indian woman's encounter.
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