Incident #1000126
Brittania Beach, Anvil Isl, British Columbia
before 1940
Account
Charles Cates, then mayor of North Vancouver, told John Green and Rene Dahinden that an Indian friend of his was one of a party sleeping in a tent on Anvil Island, in Howe Sound, when a sasquatch stuck its head in the tent.
When
- Year
- before 1940
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Anvil Isl
- Nearest Town
- Brittania Beach
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 4931--
- Longitude
- 12320--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Near or/at
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- close
Source
- Source
- Charles Cates (deceased) N. Vancouver, intv. by Jo
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1957
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1957
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Movement
- peering in
- Human Contact
- look in tent
- Attracted By
- human activity
Witness
- Interviewer
- Charles Cates
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in tent
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- No of witnesses
- several