Incident #1000007
Kitimat, Douglas Channel, British Columbia
Aug 1965
Account
Several Indians in one boat and some surveyors in another saw this creature on the shore at Clio Bay.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1965
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Douglas Channel
- Nearest Town
- Kitimat
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 8000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 5355--
- Longitude
- 128411-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- rock
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- inlet
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- ocean
- Distance to Water
- 50
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Bob Titmus interviewing unnamed Kitimaat Indian wi
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1962
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Reaction
- avoided
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in small boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- making noise
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- many