Incident #1000006
Bella Coola, Green Bay, British Columbia
Nov 1965
Account
Nelson was returning from hunting, from the top of the logged area he watched the creature cross the logging slash below him at an angle, stepping over everything, in about 10 minutes. It had taken him two hours to cross the slash going straight across, climbing over and crawling under downed snags etc.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1965
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Green Bay
- Nearest Town
- Bella Coola
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 52214-
- Longitude
- 127025-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Super Human Action
- Crossed logging slash in fraction of time logger took
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- South
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- slash
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Jimmy Nelson interviewed by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 05 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Legs
- long
- Movement
- climbing hill
- Later Movement
- maintained distance
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Odour
- no opportunity
- Other Activity
- No
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Had white on throat
- Anmals Present Y/N
- No
- Detailed report
- No
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUL 07 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- 200 feet
- Most vertical distance
- 200 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording