Incident #1000016
Quesnel, Cariboo Dis, British Columbia
Aug 1962
Account
Observer was out for a walk three miles above the falls of "Canyon Creek", (not on map. She thought she saw her daughter coming up the creek bringing lunch, then realized it was a sasquatch, which stared at her briefly, then jumped into the brush.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 15 1962
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1962
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Cariboo Dis
- Nearest Town
- Quesnel
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 5318--
- Longitude
- 12215--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
- Track Photo Y/N
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- 10 feet
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Rose Calhoun interviewed by Rene Dahinden
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- small
- Eye color
- dark
- Human like Y/N
- No
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Shorter On
- body
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Shoulders
- wide
- Expression
- none
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Forehead
- low
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Speed
- fled
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Rene Dahinden
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording