Incident #1000132
Kemano, Gardner Canal, British Columbia
1905
Account
An old story on the B.C. coast, heard by William Freeman from his father. Billy Hall, hunting with another man, saw two animals in an opening in the mountainside and shot, killing one. The other one took it by the shoulders and tried to revive it. Hall fled and the animal came after him. He reached the beach, where his partner had fallen asleep in their canoe, and launched the canoe, partner and all, all by himself. No description of animals given, but Freeman was talking about apes. There are other versions of this story. William Freeman's father lived at Kemano at the time.
When
- Year
- 1905
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Gardner Canal
- Nearest Town
- Kemano
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 200
- Latitude
- 5328--
- Longitude
- 12810--
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- killed
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
Source
- Source
- William Freeman, Klemtu, quoting Billy Hall, Keman
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1961
- Source reliability
- 2
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1961
- Incident type
- 1
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 1