Incident #1000184
Princeton, British Columbia
Oct 1974
Account
Glen Boulier and his brother Alan were coming home form a three-mile jog round the airport in the early morning. As they approached the wooden bridge north of the town they saw a creature about 150 feet ahead cross the road in about four steps and then step up onto a ridge to the road leading uphill to the airport, a superhuman action, and go on up that road. Alan shouted at it and it looked back at them. Later they followed it, not trying to catch up. Prints in the snow were 13 inches long, barefoot, and with a stride of 4 1/2 to 5 feet. From branches it brushed estimated height as 7 1/2 to 8 feet. Looked to weigh 400 to 500 pounds. Covered with brownish-black hair. Big arms hung below knees.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- Nearest Town
- Princeton
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 4928--
- Longitude
- 12030--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bridge or wharf
- Super Human Action
- Crossed road in few steps and stepped up on ridge
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Humidity
- light snow
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Glen Boulier, Princeton, B.C., intv. by Tom Steenb
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- DEC 87
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- DEC 87
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- chest
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road, went up slope, walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- jogging
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied, shouted, followed
- No of witnesses
- 2