Incident #1000174
Tappen, Shuswap Dis, British Columbia
May 1971
Account
Mrs. Gordon Birkenhead, Don Mills, Ont. passed on a story told her by a man from Tappen B.C., that another man from Tappen and an Indian family had seen a sasquatch in the water in a little lake on the way to an agate site on Squilax Mountain. It fled when it noticed it had been observed.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Shuswap Dis
- Nearest Town
- Tappen
- Population of Town
- 100
- Latitude
- 5147--
- Longitude
- 11925--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- water
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Distance to Water
- contact
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Margaret Birkenhead, quoting Tappen, B.C. man
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- AUG 72
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUG 72
- Incident type
- 1
Witness
- Sex
- BC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- No of witnesses
- several