Incident #1000131
Comox, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
Apr 1905
Account
Captain Owens, steamboat pilot from Nanaimo, told by John Fraser at Union Bay that local Indians in a canoe had seen what they thought was a bear on the beach between Union Bay and Comox. One man fired at it and it straightened up, yelled, and ran upright into the woods. It was covered with hair. Had been digging clams when they fired.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1905
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Comox
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 6000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 4936--
- Longitude
- 12455--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- trees
- Related incident id
- 1000129, 1000132, 1000133
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- made noise, fled
Witnesses
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- ocean, shore
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- ocean
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Victoria Colonist, May 2, 1905
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAY 1905
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1979
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Later Movement
- got up, fled, entered woods
- Arms Used
- for digging
- Object Handled
- animal matter
- Sound
- scream
- Eating
- shellfish
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- shellfish
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Observer Was
- row/paddling
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- several