Incident #1000143
Bella Coola, Burke Channel, British Columbia
1947
Account
Bill Mounce was on a tug between Kwatna Inlet and South Bentinck in Burke Channel, about 200 yards from the south shore. He and the skipper saw an animal the colour of a grizzly walking upright on large rocks on the shore. It went up a rock slide using all fours, but as a human would, not bounding like a bear. Mounce argued it was a bear, skipper that it was a sasquatch.
When
- Year
- 1947
- Season
- fall
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Burke Channel
- Nearest Town
- Bella Coola
- Direction from Town
- West Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 5215--
- Longitude
- 12715--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- hillside
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- shore
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Bill Mounce, Victoria, intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- MAR 87
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAR 87
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- went up slope
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Arms Used
- in climbing
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MAR 87
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on large boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30