Incident #1000104
Lone Butte, Cariboo Dis, British Columbia
Apr 1986
Account
John Duthie and his wife had ascended a hill to look at the view. Down below they could see a small section of curved road, on which a large, dark creature was walking. It turned off the road into the trees. Later Duthie returned with a friend who knew what part of the road was in sight from the hill. The friend stayed on the road and Duthie went back on the hill, enabling him to make a size comparison between the thing he saw and a man. They had a dog which apparently followed a scent trail through the trees, leading to a trail of crushed old vegetation, reeds etc., entering a small swampy lake, where the trail maker apparently swam off.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1986
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Cariboo Dis
- Nearest Town
- Lone Butte
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 39
- Latitude
- 512615
- Longitude
- 1210530
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- No
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill, swamp
- Exact Terrain
- gravel road
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- swamp, lake
- Distance to Water
- 200 yards
- Substratum
- gravel, forest litter, grass
- Ground condition
- frozen
- Snow Condition
- shallow patches
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Unnatural Conditions
- second growth
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Snow
- no snow
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- John Duthie intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- APRIL 1993
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- APRIL 1993
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Hair Tone
- mottled
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Nose
- no snout
- Tail
- none
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- Northeast
- Later Movement
- stopped still, turned right
- Speed
- medium
- Walking Stride
- medium
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- did not see
- Water Activity
- wading, swimming
- Use of Water
- travel
- Knees
- up and down
- Evidence Left
- crushed vegetation
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- APR 1993
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- 500 or more
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Other report by this witness
- 2