Incident #1000057
Hartley Bay, British Columbia
Feb 1967
Account
Ridley (first name forgotten) and another young Indian saw an ape on an island near Hartley Bay and shot at it. It screamed like a woman and fled. Next day they found blood, but no tracks.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- Nearest Town
- Hartley Bay
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 53241-
- Longitude
- 129151-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- made noise
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- inlet
- Exact Terrain
- islet or rock
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- 10 feet
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Ridley interviewed by Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 3-4 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Speed
- very fast
- Sound
- scream
- Water Activity
- beside water
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on large boat
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30