Incident #1000182
Mission City, Harrison Lake, British Columbia
Jul 1974
Account
Wayne Jones, director of a camp for problem youths at Stokke Creek, a former logging camp site near the head of Harrison Lake, East side, said he was sitting alone at a campfire at 10 p.m. when an 8-foot, very heavy, dark, hair-covered creature walked up beside a white building 50 feet away. It stood there for about five minutes, looking around. One side of it seemed wet, and it appeared to be licking off mud from the fingers of one hand. It left when other campers approached, spreading brush with its hands. Campers looked for tracks next day, found nothing definite.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 13 1974
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Harrison Lake
- Nearest Town
- Mission City
- Direction from Town
- North Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 42
- Population of Town
- 20000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 494230
- Longitude
- 1220220
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- empty building
- Near or/at
- fire
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- 75 feet
- Substratum
- gravel, forest litter
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- sparse
Weather and light
- Heat
- cold
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Rainfall
- wet
- Wind
- windy
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- firelight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Wayne Jones intv. by John Green. Also Vancouver Su
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 74
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUL 74
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- spacing
- average
- Eye shape
- slit
- Eye color
- dark
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Reflection
- lighted but did not reflect
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- chest
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Shorter On
- face
- Hair Longer on
- arms
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- dark
- Teeth
- even
- Chin Y/N
- No
- Beard Y/N
- No
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Ears
- bare
- Ear Size
- small
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- normal
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Expression
- curious
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead
- high
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Brow Ridge
- none
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Mouth Open?
- sometimes open
- Lips
- medium
- Mouth Size
- small
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- medium
- Hands
- large
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Digits
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- approached fire, stopped still, looked around
- Walking Stride
- medium
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- reaching
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Reaction
- approached, watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- smells, human activity, fire
- Way of Walking
- heel and toe
- Knees
- up and down
- Genitals
- not visible
- Additional Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JULY 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at campfire
- Position
- seated
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 31 to 40