Incident #1000165
Alert Bay, Broughton Isl, British Columbia
Feb 1969
Account
Tom Brown and Harry Whonnock, Alert Bay, were digging clams on the south shore of Broughton Island. Just as it began to get dark they saw a hairy creature about six feet tall looking at them. They ran for their boat and it ran for the bush.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Broughton Isl
- Nearest Town
- Alert Bay
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 600
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 5047--
- Longitude
- 12650--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- island, shore
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Van. Province, Feb. 22, 1968, quoting Tom Brown, A
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- FEB 68
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 68
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, fled
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Attracted By
- shellfish
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2