Incident #1000029
Harrison Hot Springs, Fraser Valley Dis, British Columbia
Jul 1949
Account
Informant was on bridal trail, horse balked at going farther, she led it a way and it balked more so she tied it up and walked. Came upon creature she thought was a bear and approached "to feed it sugar". It shuffled off on all fours, then stood erect and walked away.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1949
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Fraser Valley Dis
- Nearest Town
- Harrison Hot Springs
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 49172-
- Longitude
- 121462-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- slough
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- shadowed sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Miss G. Mason, on phone to John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Nose
- no snout
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- medium
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Fingernails
- nails
- Later Movement
- maintained distance
- Sound
- grunt
- Reaction
- avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Her horse refused to continue down the bridle trail before creature was gone. seen.
- Additional Movement
- got up, walked away
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- John Green, phone call from Miss G. Mason
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 1