Incident #1000042
Ocean Falls, Roscoe Inlet, British Columbia
Jul 1973
Account
Olle Ek was a fish warden, and was on his way to start opening a trail up the Roscoe River. Dragging his boat up on a mud flat he noticed an animal hunched over, dirty white to grey in color, apparently foraging in the salt water grass, which was about knee high. After trying to figure out what it was, he clapped his hands to get a reaction and it quickly left the scene upright. He did not see the legs, felt that it left "floating." Looked like a big man in a buffalo coat. Was about 150 to 200 yards away. When he eventually went over where it had been the tide had covered the area. Estimated height 6 feet.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 10 1973
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Roscoe Inlet
- Nearest Town
- Ocean Falls
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 52283-
- Longitude
- 12855--
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
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- 25 feet
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- thorny
- General undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- dry
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Olle Ek intv. by John Green and also by Grant Kedd
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- very stooped
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- light grey
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- narrow
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Torso Front
- narrow
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- fast
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Reaction
- fled from
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green also Grant Keddie
- Interview date
- MAR 20 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50