Year: 1963
Month: September
Day of Month (number only – e.g. 16): Mid September
Time of Day: 11 AM
County: Alaska Fairbanks
Conditions:

Terrain Description: Heavy timber to thick scrub brush
Lighting Conditions: SUNNY
Nearest Town or Landmark: nearest town was Fairbanks AK and nearest landmark was north end of Birch lake Description of Encounter Area: we were walking down a very poor dirt road which was turning into a trail that moose were using.There was heavy timber on our right side which led to the lake about a quarter mile away.On the left there was some very thick scrub birch and assorted swamp vegetation We were coming down from the west heading east.the air was crip and cool the ground was slightly frozen and the sun was filtering through the trees.
Are There Food and/or Water Sources in the Area? (if so, describe): There was the lake on our
right and a large variety of small game and a good variety of large game in the area
Witness Overview:

Occupation/Background: At present I am retired but at the time of the sighting I was in the military
stationed at Eielson AFB And I was working Crash rescue doing 24hour shifts on an24 off
Encounter::

Number of Witnesses: 2 myself and a fellow firefighter
Length of Observation: 5 Minutes
Animal Description: ALMOST APPEARED TOP HEAVY LARGE CHEST LEGS KIND OF BOWED ARMS
MUSCULAR
Aprox. Height: 6FT
Aprox. Weight: 250 LBS
Head/Facial Description: HEAD SEEMED SMALL IN PROPORTION TO BODY AND FACE WAS TO DARK TO MAKE YOU THINK OF A HUMAN
Any Odor? If so, Description: pungent MUSTY ANIMAL SMELL
Vocalizations Heard?: Some muffled grunts
Physical Evidence?  Tracks
We were walking down this trail when we both noticed this what we thought was a person standing in the shadows about 50 yds ahead of us.All we could see was a human shaped dark spot next to a few trees.As we continued on we both felt a bit edgy because this thing was getting to be a bit too big and it was starting to look more like a gorilla but you could tell it wasnt. It wasnt gigantic but surely it was at least a very well proportioned six feet tall.As we got to be closer maybe a 100 feet it turned slightly and faced us but it wasnt a threatening stare,but it sure made you think of which way do you run .He kind of looked us over and very smoothly walked into the thick brush very quietly.You could hear something but it was much quieter than I could do,We approached where he was and we smelled this pungent animal odor.The noise in the woods stopped and then started up again which we figured he was coming back so we both decided to make tracks bacc to th car which felt like it was parked a pretty good distance away
Return contact for witness no longer valid, closing as historial given age of report
Collected Evidence:

Tracks
Assigned Investigator:

Mike Humphrey
Priority Level::
Historical – Over 10 Years