Incident #1000178
Hope, Hope-Princeton Hwy, British Columbia
Jul 1972
Account
F. Western Smith was looking for mountain goats on the cliff face just east of the big slide, with another man; saw a reddish brown figure come out of a cave about a thousand feet above the highway. It stood in front of the cave, then walked on its hind legs around to the side of the cave, and went across the open rock face using all four limbs until it entered some trees. (The cave is only a few feet deep, floored with broken rock, and shows no sign of use by any creature.)
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 30 1972
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Hope-Princeton Hwy
- Nearest Town
- Hope
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 14
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4917--
- Longitude
- 12115--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- cave
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- cliff
- Slope
- cliff
- Slope Faced
- Southwest
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree size
- large
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- F. Western Smith, intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 73
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- got down, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2