Incident #1000012
Stewart, Portland Canal, British Columbia
Aug 1968
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Portland Canal
- Nearest Town
- Stewart
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 35
- Latitude
- 5559--
- Longitude
- 12953--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many small
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Hunter's phone call to John Green. Also Lawrence M
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Face Colour
- dark
- Beard Y/N
- Yes
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- short
- Expression
- startled
- Nose
- no snout
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- climbing hill
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Used
- in climbing
- Object Handled
- tree
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- fled from
- Anmals Present Y/N
- No
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1968
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40