Idaho summer of 1980. 1 bigfoot creatures involved

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Encounter date: AUG 30 1980
Year: 1980
Season: summer
Time of day: day
Duration: considerable
Story Originator: 2nd person
Reported by: Pocatello Idaho State Journal, quoting The Idaho E
Terrain: n/a
Lighting: daylight
State: Idaho
Nearest Town: Malad City (Pop. 2000)
County: Oneida County
Coordinates: Lat 421--- Lon 1120---
Distance to Town: n/a
Number of Creatures: 1
Creature Types: one large, sex unknown
Photographed: NO
Tracks: n/a
Tracks Cast: NO
Tracks Photographed: NO
Creature Fired At: Bullet Missed Creature
Effect of Firearm: n/a
Superhuman Action: n/a
Trees Undergrowth: Species n/a, Variety: n/a, Tree Cover: some trees, Tree Condition: n/a, Tree Type: n/a, Tree Abborations: n/a, Undergrowth: n/a, Undergrowth Type: n/a
Slope: valley bottom, Slope Was Facing: n/a
Nearby water: creek
Distance to water: close
Substratum: n/a
Snow condition: n/a
Weather condition: n/a, Heat: n/a, Wetness: n/a, Snow: n/a, Temp: n/a, Wind: n/a, Clarity: n/a, Humidity: n/a
JG Incident type: 1
JG File Date: NOV 1980
JG Source date: SEP 11 1980
JG Source type: newspaper
JG Source reliability rank: 6
JG Source incident rank: 6
JG Visibility Index: 8
Related incident id: n/a
Clynn Josephson and Brian Belnap were panning gold on Mine Creek, horses spooked and Belnap saw "a black thing" going into the trees. They packed to leave, then Josephson saw a 9.5 to 10-foot creature covered with 6 to 8-inch hair walking towards him only 50 feet away. Got to 30 feet before he got on his horse and fled. There was an indescribable odour, a really sick smell.