Incident #1000056
Klemtu, Aristazabel Isl, British Columbia
Mar 1959
Account
Lawrence Hopkins had shot a deer on Aristazabel Island and was sitting on the shore waiting to be picked up when he smelt a horrible smell, turned and saw a huge dark from right behind him in the underbrush. He fled down the beach and swam out to a small island.
When
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1959
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 1 second
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Aristazabel Isl
- Nearest Town
- Klemtu
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 5242--
- Longitude
- 129033-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- shore
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- 25 feet
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Rainfall
- normal
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Lawrence Hopkins intv. by Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1962
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- approached
- Attracted By
- wild animal prey, human activity
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1