Incident #1000166
Kelowna, Okanagan Dis, British Columbia
1968
Account
Jack and Dennis Crawford, Pandosy Auto Court, Kelowna, told Rene Dahinden that in the summer or fall of 1968 in Galiger Canyon, five miles Northeast of Kelowna, they saw a huge, bulky, hairy creature walking upright about 700 yards away. They thought it might be a bear, but it was upright all the time.
When
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- sm/fl
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Okanagan Dis
- Nearest Town
- Kelowna
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 60000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 4957--
- Longitude
- 11820--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- canyon
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- valley bottom
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Rene Dahinden intv. Jack and Dennis Crawford, Kelo
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- FEB 69
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 69
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Rene Dahinden
- Interview date
- FEB 1969
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Other report by this witness
- 2