Incident #1000049
Klemtu, Swindle Isl, British Columbia
Sep 1962
Account
Bob Titmus, sasquatch hunting full time, found three sets of tracks together on the beach at the south end of Swindle Island. Casts were destroyed when his boat burned.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1962
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Swindle Isl
- Nearest Town
- Klemtu
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 52271-
- Longitude
- 128343-
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than two, sex unknown (large)
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Bob Titmus intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1962
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 3
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 20
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10019, 10020
- Direction of Travel
- not consistent
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 3
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 20
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10018, 10020
- Direction of Travel
- not consistent
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand
Footprints 3
- Set of Tracks
- 3
- Footprint Length
- 12.0
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 20
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10018, 10019
- Direction of Travel
- not consistent
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUL 26 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on large boat, sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Other report by this witness
- 22