Incident #1000084
Klemtu, Susan Isl, British Columbia
Dec 1950
Account
Paul Hopkins had landed at the abandoned abalone cannery in Oscar Passage to get a barrel. He went by a building on the wharf. When he returned there were ape tracks leading out of the building (presumably to the interior of the island) in half-inch deep frost.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1950
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Susan Isl
- Nearest Town
- Klemtu
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 9
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 5228--
- Longitude
- 12821--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- bridge or wharf
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Ground condition
- frozen
- Snow Condition
- shallow new
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Paul Hopkins, interviewed by Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Creature description
- Reaction
- avoided
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- big
- Average Depth
- 0.50
- Estimated Age
- 10
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Interview date
- JUL 11 1970
- Observer Was
- work outdoors, walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- over 70