Incident #1000181
Powell River, South Coast Dis, British Columbia
Jul about 1974
Account
Patrick Kennedy, then a teenager, was babysitting at an isolated house in Powell River in a wooded area back of the Yukon gravel pit. About 6 p.m. he heard something moving in the bush behind the house, then 15 minutes later there was a loud rustling noise down the road about 100 yards. He went there, with the homeowner's dog. Around the corner of some small alders the noise was coming from a wild blackberry bush. He threw a rock, the noise stopped, he yelled, and an 8 to 9 foot creature stood up and walked out of the bush, looking straight at him. Dog walked forward about 10 feet and stopped dead. Creature was really heavy, had long arms, was covered with long dark-brown hair with lighter brown ends, had a flat face and no neck. It turned and walked into some small alders 40 feet away, pushing the trees and branches out of its way. Kennedy ran to the house and watched from an upstairs window as it moved about 200 yeards into the bush, pushing branches out of the way as it went.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- about 1974
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- South Coast Dis
- Nearest Town
- Powell River
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 13000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 4952--
- Longitude
- 12430--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- berry patch
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- General undergrowth
- heavy
- Species
- alder
- Variety
- blackberry
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Patrick Steven Kennedy, letter to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- JUL 86
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUL 86
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Tone
- two-tone
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- approached, watched observer
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Object Handled
- tree
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Describe Unsual
- Dog approached, then stopped
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Different Colour on
- hair ends
- Second Colour
- light brown
- Additional Movement
- turned, walked away, entered woods
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home, come to see
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20