Incident #1000176
Princeton, Allison Pass, British Columbia
Sep 1971
Account
Harvey Kirby was sitting in a parked truck, driver sleeping, at the roadside just past the highway equipment yard at Allison Pass when he noticed movement in the rear-view mirror. He turned and watched a sasquatch walk across the paved works yard less than 100 feet away. It crossed the yard parallel to the road, then went down a slop, slowed, looked back and forth and disappeared into the bush. Lights were behind it, so could not see face. Estimated 8 feet, covered with dark hair, head small, upper body very large all round. Body longer than legs, but legs were not short. Walked slightly stooped, arms long like ape's.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Allison Pass
- Nearest Town
- Princeton
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 28
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 44
- Latitude
- 490710
- Longitude
- 12051--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- floodlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Mick Winter, Seebe, Alta, quoting Harvey Kirby, No
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- MAR 72
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAR 72
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Legs
- short
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went down slope, looked around
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- small
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Mick Winter
- Interview date
- 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1