Incident #1000133
Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
Jun 1905
Account
James Kincaid, one of four men who reported seeing a wild man near Horne Lake in 1904, wrote from Little Qualicum to the government agent at Nanaimo on June 18 saying that he overtook on his bicycle what he thought was a man walking near the Little Qualicum schoolhouse. When he was 10 yards away the figure turned its head, saw him, made a jump in the bush and ran away. It was about 6 feet high, very stoutly built, looking the same as the one seen at Horne Lake. Kincaid wanted to know whether it was advisable to shoot it if seen again. The agent said shooting "Mowglies" was illegal.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 18 1905
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1905
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Qualicum Beach
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Latitude
- 4927--
- Longitude
- 12430--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Victoria Colonist, June 21, 1905
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUNE 1905
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1979
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- jumped, turned, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- bicycling
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Other report by this witness
- 2