Incident #1000017
Squamish, Pitt River Dis, British Columbia
Jun 1965
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 26 1965
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1965
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- noon
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Pitt River Dis
- Nearest Town
- Squamish
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 494---
- Longitude
- 1235---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- under
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- water
- Super Human Action
- Huge tracks and drag marks indicated superhuman weight and strength
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000018
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- found earlier
- Track Photo Y/N
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Distance to Water
- 25 feet
- Ground condition
- frozen
- Snow Condition
- deep old
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Snow
- normal
- Wind
- windy
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Prospector interviewed by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1967
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 13 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- arms
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Hair Tone
- light
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Hands
- large
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, stopped still
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Other Activity
- No
- Reaction
- watched
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Footprints in snow accompanied by drag marks of something large and heavy. Creature had apparently dragged something to the lake and made a hole in the ice to dump it in. Height given is an average of estimate from 10 to 15 feet.
- Detailed report
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- footprints, broken ice
- Different Colour on
- hands
- Second Colour
- yellow
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 24.0
- Greates Width
- 12.0
- Average Depth
- 2
- Observer Print Depth
- 0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 60
- Estimated Age
- 3
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 999
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- spread wide apart
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard deep snow
Witness 1
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1969
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- prospecting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Other report by this witness
- 2
Witness 2
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1969
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- prospecting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- standing
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, sketched, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Other report by this witness
- 2