Incident #1000010
Squamish, Cheakamus Canyon, British Columbia
Jan 1970
Account
Witness was at work as highway maintenance foreman, driving north in pickup truck, rounded bend and saw animal on all fours at the left side of the road, it immediately got up on two legs, ran across the road and disappeared uphill on the other side behind folds of rock. He estimated it to be at least seven feet tall, covered with reddish brown hair about four inches long, but significantly shorter and darker on the head. It had a prominent abdomen. In one fist it held a fish, head and tail sticking out. The road follows the Cheakamus River, which is a considerable distance down a steep slope. The slope on the other side of the road is not steep.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 07 1970
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Cheakamus Canyon
- Nearest Town
- Squamish
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4953--
- Longitude
- 12310--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Bill Taylor interviewed by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Hair Tone
- medium
- Hair Shorter On
- head
- Face Colour
- light
- Neck Length
- short
- Face Appeared
- monkeylike
- Expression
- angry
- Nose
- no snout
- Abdomen
- protruding
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- getting up
- Direction
- East
- Later Movement
- fled
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- animal matter
- Odour
- no opportunity
- Eating
- fish
- Reaction
- fled from
- Use of Water
- catch fish
- Genitals
- not seen
- Different Colour on
- head
- Second Colour
- brown
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording