Incident #1000138
Harrison Hot Spring, Morris Creek, British Columbia
Mar 1934
Account
Newspaper story refers to unnamed Indian fishing from a canoe on Morris Creek when a huge rock landed close enough to almost swamp the craft. He looked up and saw a fierce sasquatch on a shelving ledge above him, stamping its feet an gesticulating wildly with its hairy arms, so he let his tackle go and paddled away. I have a file card of a similar report from J.W. Burns, stating only that a sasquatch threw a rock at Frank Dan at Morris Creek in July, 1936. This seems too similar to file both, and the 1936 date cannot apply, as this story was in print in 1935.
When
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1934
- Season
- spring
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Morris Creek
- Nearest Town
- Harrison Hot Spring
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 100
- Latitude
- 491730
- Longitude
- 1215400
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- shore
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- creek, river, lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Vancouver Province, Sep. 21, 1935, presume J.W. Bu
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1935
- Source reliability
- 2
- Incident reliablility
- 3
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Expression
- angry
- Movement
- jumping up
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Arms Action
- gesturing
- Arms Used
- for throwing
- Object Handled
- rock
- Other Activity
- threw large rock at witness
- Human Contact
- attack
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- presume J.W. Burns
- Interview date
- 1934
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1