Incident #1000067
Bella Coola, S. Bentinck Arm, British Columbia
Aug 1928
Account
George Tallio on his trap line on the mountainside east of South Bentinck Arm, saw a huge creature stand up from behind the trunk of a fallen tree. He shot at it with a small calibre rifle, it fell back and he fled. He had gone that way out of curiosity after noticing a lot of moss having been stripped off a rock face. He found that the moss had been used to cover a great pile of fecal matter.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1928
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 2 seconds
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- S. Bentinck Arm
- Nearest Town
- Bella Coola
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 52121-
- Longitude
- 126531-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- tree
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- knockdown
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- South
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- George Tallio intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1962
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Face Colour
- light
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- wide
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Odour
- mild
- Elimination
- defacating
- Elimination Where
- on land
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Pile of fecal matter found covered with moss stripped off a rock face
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1962
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- trapping
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30