Incident #1000019
Sechelt, Sunshine Coast Dis, British Columbia
May 1968
Account
Informant was working as a faller, and was going to get a drink at a waterfall when he caught sight of the creature sliding downhill on the run. It landed on a log, kneeled on the log with one arm straight out, leaped over the log and was gone downhill. He thinks he had startled it and it ran. It left one track on the logging road, but a truck ran over the back of it. There was a knee print in dirt on a log. Other loggers, including Jim Russell, Agassiz, B.C., saw the tracks.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 17 1968
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- 1 second
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Sunshine Coast Dis
- Nearest Town
- Sechelt
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 16
- Latitude
- 49412-
- Longitude
- 123381-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- tree
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
- Track Photo Y/N
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- South
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- logging slash
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- dry
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Gordon Baum interviewed by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- AUG 8 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 7
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- wide
- Movement
- descending hill
- Later Movement
- fled
- Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- fled from
- Anmals Present Y/N
- No
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Greates Width
- 6.5
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- good, just toes, trod on
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Foot Deformity Y/N
- No
- Bumps Y/N
- No
- Claw Marks Y/N
- No
- Human
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Other Marks
- knee print
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MAY 02 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging, walking
- 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
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30