Incident #1000066
Anahim Lake, Chilcotin Dis, British Columbia
Apr 1962
Account
Harry Squiness and family were sleeping in tent, baby crying, huge hand opened tent flap and apelike head, bigger than a man's, peered in then ducked out. Informant got gun, went out and threw gasoline on fire, as light flared four hairy, manlike shapes got up from lying on the ground and walked away. Next day he found finger marks in dust on a poplar tree from which bark had been skinned eight feet up. Original story there were two large creatures and two small ones. Ape looking in tent was not mentioned, instead informant stepped outside after hearing noise. Information here is from computer survey interview eight years later.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1962
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Chilcotin Dis
- Nearest Town
- Anahim Lake
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 35
- Latitude
- 52292-
- Longitude
- 12520--
What was seen
- Individuals
- other group of large and small
- Total Individuals
- 4
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plateau
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- 50 feet
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Humidity
- moderate
- Lighting
- bright moonlight, firelight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Harry Squiness intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Posture
- lying on front
- Hair curl
- straight
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Longer on
- arms
- Face Colour
- dark
- Face Appeared
- monkeylike
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Walking Stride
- short
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Odour
- none
- Human Contact
- look in tent
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- human sounds
- Position when first seen
- lying down
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Hands
- large
- Movement
- peering in
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Human Contact
- look in tent
- Reaction
- approached, avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature opened tent flap with a huge hand, stuck its head in, then removed itself.
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUL 04 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, in tent
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording