Incident #1000154
Gold Bridge, Chilcotin Dis, British Columbia
early 1960's
Account
Chilco Choate was guiding two hunters at the headwaters of Relay Creek when they all saw, through telescopic sights, the head and shoulders of a man-like creature covered with hair. Might have some sort of beard. Head very round and hairy. It dropped out of sight and was not seen again. Apparently ran down into some steep broken ground above a narrow canyon. What the creature was hidden behind is not stated in his letter to John Green. Time of year is not given, but assume fall, as was hunting season.
When
- Year
- early 1960's
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Chilcotin Dis
- Nearest Town
- Gold Bridge
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 5105--
- Longitude
- 12348--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- General
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Chilco Choate, writing to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- APR 70
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- APR 70
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Beard Y/N
- Yes
- Later Movement
- got down, went down slope
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- scope sight
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 3