Incident #1000028
Klemtu, Price Isl, British Columbia
Feb 1960
Account
Informant was digging clambs on the beach at the north end of Price Island, in Higgins Pass. He rounded an obstruction and saw an ape walk up the beach into the bushes. He thinks it had been eating clams.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1960
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Price Isl
- Nearest Town
- Klemtu
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 52282-
- Longitude
- 128433-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- ocean
- Distance to Water
- 50 feet
- Substratum
- moss
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Joe Hopkins interviewed by Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1962
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1962
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- medium
- Walking Stride
- medium
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- shellfish
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Interview date
- 1962
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- standing
- Making Noise Y/N
- making noise
- 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
- Age
- 31 to 40