Incident #1000036
Nelson, Kokanee Park, British Columbia
Oct 1961
Account
John Bringsli had reported seeing a sasquatch in Kokanee Glacier Park a year earlier, and he had gone with another man hoping to find another one. At midnight, still in the trees just short of where the trail went out onto open rock, they saw ahead of them the upper body of the creature described, silhouetted against the moonlit opening.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1961
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Kokanee Park
- Nearest Town
- Nelson
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 12000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 49424-
- Longitude
- 117132-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large female
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Rainfall
- normal
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- John Bringsli interviewed by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Odour
- none
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUL 20 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 61 to 70
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording