Incident #1000140
Coombs, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
early 1940's
Account
Alex Oakes in early 1940's saw "damn near human" covered with hair run from a field across the road and into the bush, clearing two fences on the run, with long hair flying from its shoulders. It was brown and about seven feet tall.
When
- Year
- early 1940's
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Coombs
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 491730
- Longitude
- 12427--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- road
- Super Human Action
- Leapt field fences on run.
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- easy
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Alex Oakes, Coombs, B.C. writing to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Longer on
- shoulders
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- maintained distance, jumped, entered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Other Activity
- jumped fences
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- No of witnesses
- 1