Incident #1000054
North Bend, Silver River, British Columbia
Aug 1939
Account
Burns Yeomans and Sandy McIntyre (deceased) had climbed a ridge above the Gem Ex mine up Silver River and looked down into a valley on the Fraser River side of the divide. Down below them they say a group of dark creatures playing. They moved upright and were wrestling, tossing each other down and jumping up again.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1939
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Silver River
- Nearest Town
- North Bend
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 49445-
- Longitude
- 121432-
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than two, sex unknown (large)
- Total Individuals
- several
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Substratum
- grass
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Burns Yeomans intv. by John Green, Burns Yeomans in
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1965
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Shoulders
- wide
- Tail
- none
- Legs
- medium
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- playing
- Later Movement
- got up, got down
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- reaching
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- companion
- Odour
- no opportunity
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creatures were wrestling, apparently in play. Continued for all the time observers were there.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 01 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- prospecting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Least vertical distance
- 500 or more
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording