Incident #1000171
Rossland, West Kootenay Dis, British Columbia
Sep 1969
Account
Glen McAuley was hunting south of Rossland when he saw a dark brown, heavily built, hairy, upright, 7 to 8-foot creature walking with long steps for 200 yards across a meadow. Grass showed no tracks.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 20 1969
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- West Kootenay Dis
- Nearest Town
- Rossland
- Direction from Town
- South
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Latitude
- 4902--
- Longitude
- 11748--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- easy
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Glen McAuley, Nelson, intv. by Rene Dahinden
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- MAY 73
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 73
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- walking
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Rene Dahinden
- Interview date
- MAY 73
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1