Incident #1000059
Bella Coola, Jacobsen Bay, British Columbia
Apr 1943
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1943
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Jacobsen Bay
- Nearest Town
- Bella Coola
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 18
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 52183-
- Longitude
- 12710--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- inlet
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- 25 feet
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Salmon cannery manager intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Longer on
- arms
- Neck Length
- short
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Torso Side
- wide
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- medium
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- running
- Direction
- Southwest
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Arms Used
- in locomotion
- Odour
- no opportunity
- Reaction
- fled from
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Knees
- always bent
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUL 05 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on large boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30