Incident #1000064
Anahim Lake, Chilcotin Dis, British Columbia
Sep 1969
Account
Panhandle Phillips was guiding cariboo hunters when he noticed an animal on the tongue of a glacier a quarter mile away. There were dirty paths from bushes at each side of the glacier to what appeared to be two holes in the ice. Than animal was sitting beside one of these holes. Witness thought it was a bear. Looked at it through scope sight and noticed its front limbs were crossed over its chest. Started towards it, but crossed fresh cariboo track, so followed that. Later reflected that a bear would not have been that high at the time of yeear, or outside, or have a den in a glacier.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 25 1969
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Chilcotin Dis
- Nearest Town
- Anahim Lake
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 26
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 5249--
- Longitude
- 12520--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- snow
- Near or/at
- cave
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Ground condition
- frozen
- Snow Condition
- deep old
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- dry
- Snow
- normal
- Wind
- windy
- Clarity
- overcast
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Panhandle Phillips, interviewed by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- sitting
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Arms Action
- folded
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- SEP 25 1969
- Witness Saw with
- scope sight
- Observer Was
- hunting, horseback
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- 300 feet
- Most vertical distance
- 300 feet
- Action on sighting
- approached, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- several
- Age
- 61 to 70