Incident #1000172
Princeton, Allison Lake, British Columbia
Nov 1970
Account
Stuart Syme, writing outdoors column, said that while grouse huntling in the hills west of Allison Lake he saw at the bottom of a gully a creature 5 feet tall, covered with long, straight, cinnamon brown hair. It had a small round head, sloping shoulders, arms dangling loosely. He put a slug in his shotgun and aimed it at the creature, but gazing in its reddish brown eyes he had a feeling of tranquility and lowered the gun. His dog whimpered, hair standing on end from nose to tail, pressed against his leg. . He bent down to dog, lost sight of creature, went down gully but did not see it again. Did not look for tracks. Dog tried to climb a tree, he didn't try to find out why.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Allison Lake
- Nearest Town
- Princeton
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 4941--
- Longitude
- 12035--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- hillside
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- steep
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Stuart Syme, "Outdoors" column, Kelowna Courier, N
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- NOV 79
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 80
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair curl
- straight
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Describe Unsual
- Bird dog stuck close to owner, hair standing on end from nose to tail, whimpered. Went down to where creature had been without hesitation, and there tried to climb a tree.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- 50 feet
- Most vertical distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30