Incident #1000034
Big Bay, Bute Inlet, British Columbia
Mar 1973
Account
Witnesses were aboard seiner Tracy Lee running up Bute Inlet, near the head on the east side, when Nick Pisac saw through the galley window a creature walking on the rocks on shore. Three men went on deck and watched it until the boat went past a point. It was manlike, walking with its arms swinging as if for balance, taking steps from large rock to large rock, far too great a distance for a human. They went out on deck and waved, and it turned towards them but just watched them.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 21 1973
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Bute Inlet
- Nearest Town
- Big Bay
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 28
- Population of Town
- 25
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 5053--
- Longitude
- 12449--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- inlet, shore, ocean
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- ocean
- Distance to Water
- 50 feet
- Substratum
- solid rock, broken rock
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Peter Spika interviewed by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAR 28 1973
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 11 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- beige
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Side
- wide
- Legs
- medium
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Stride
- medium
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Describe Unsual
- Height estimate was "over 10 feet."
- Anmals Present Y/N
- No
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MAR 21 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on large boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- standing
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 21 to 30