Incident #1000061
Moricetown, Bulkley Valley Dis, British Columbia
1961
Account
Couple sitting at breakfast table watched an 8 foot, black, very heavy, erect creature with a flat face walk across a field and the road. Later saw 300 yards of deep prints in the field, 16 inches long.
When
- Year
- 1961
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Bulkley Valley Dis
- Nearest Town
- Moricetown
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 54573-
- Longitude
- 127200-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Lighting
- heavy cloud
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- name forgotten, 1962 interview by Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face, on hands
- Hair curl
- straight
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Shorter On
- head
- Hair Longer on
- arms
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Side
- wide
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed view field
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- did not see
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Average Depth
- 4.50
- Observer Print Depth
- .50
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 200
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- sod
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Interview date
- 1962
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home, inside building
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Most vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2