Incident #1000038
Hagensborg, Bella Coola Dis, British Columbia
Dec 1958
Account
Informants were hunting at Burnt Bridge, and were seated by a fire they had made on the road when they noticed a huge, dark, erect creature, like a big ape, standing in waist-high brush, watching them. When they looked at it the creature ran off, quickly disappearing over a rise. They went quickly over to watch it run on down the hill, but it had already disappeared. They found only one heel print in a patch of snow, and concluded that it had been deliberately dodging the snow patches. To do so they felt it would have to leap much farther than a human could, and also a human could not have moved fast enough to get out of sight so quickly. Two other hunters, seated at the other side of the fire, did not see the creature. Later loud screams were heard.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 08 1958
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1958
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Bella Coola Dis
- Nearest Town
- Hagensborg
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 3
- Latitude
- 5226--
- Longitude
- 126104-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- under
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- road
- Super Human Action
- Creature crossed open area at superhuman speed
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- gravel
- Snow Condition
- shallow patches
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly large
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- John Green intv. George Robson and Bert Solhjell,
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- face
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting, at campfire
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- 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
- stayed still, chased
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording