Incident #1000004
Kitimat, Central Coast Dis, British Columbia
Jun 1962
Account
Informant a commercial fisherman, cleaning fish with boats tied to shore. Several creatures came out on an overhanging tree, he guessed about 10 of them, he started his boat, breaking his shorelines, and fled. He at first said they were "apes", the usual Indian term for sasquatch in that area when speaking English. Later changed story to bears, but bears don't come in such large numbers and don't frighten adult Indians.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 08 1962
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1962
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Central Coast Dis
- Nearest Town
- Kitimat
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 32
- Population of Town
- 8000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 53324-
- Longitude
- 128451-
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than two, small
- Total Individuals
- 10
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- ocean, inlet
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- ocean
- Distance to Water
- 0
- Substratum
- solid rock, forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- one large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Indian informant interviewed by Bob Titmus. Name c
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1962
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 3-4 ft
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Sound
- chatter
- Reaction
- approached
- Attracted By
- food animals
- Water Activity
- beside water
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on large boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Most vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1