Incident #1000020
Haney, Pitt Lake, British Columbia
Aug 1934
Account
Informant and a friend had climbed to a small plateau at the head of Pitt Lake. Eating lunch they saw something behind a thicket a quarter mile away. Thought it was a bear eating blackberries, but with field glasses could see it had a humanlike face. After it shuffled off and vanished among the rocks they looked for tracks and found some quite distinct ones, like a large human foot, no claw marks, on stony ground.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1934
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Pitt Lake
- Nearest Town
- Haney
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 493---
- Longitude
- 12232--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- berry patch
- 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
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- sparse
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Francis Hann, letters to radio station and to John
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Shoulders
- wide
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Stride
- short
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Odour
- no.opportunity
- Eating
- berries
- Reaction
- did not see
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Anmals Present Y/N
- No
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Claw Marks Y/N
- No
- Material Tracks Made in
- gravel
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- standing
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- 200 feet
- Most vertical distance
- 200 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40