Incident #1000025
Butedale, Khutze Inlet, British Columbia
Feb 1969
Account
Informant told Bob Titmus that he and two other Indians were trapping in Khutze Inlet when they saw an ape on the south shore of the inlet. They were travelling by boat at the time. Nyce shot at it with a shotgun and it ran into the woods, screaming.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 23 1969
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Khutze Inlet
- Nearest Town
- Butedale
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 5305--
- Longitude
- 12830--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- rock
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- made noise, fled
- Photo
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- inlet
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- ocean
- Distance to Water
- 25 feet
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Ronnie Nyce interviewed by Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- black
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- fled from
- Water Activity
- beside water
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Interview date
- 1969
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on large boat
- 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
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 1