Incident #1000185
Mackenzie, North central B.C., British Columbia
Oct 1974
Account
Barry Jones and his uncle Dean Jones were bear hunting in mountains when Barry saw what he thought was a black stump beside a tree about 600 feet away. He realized it was moving, and approached to within 200 feet, where he fired a shot over its head and it turned and ran very fast over a ridge and disappeared downhill. It was a lot bigger than he was (6'4") covered with black hair. Its eyes looked mostly white. Its arms were huge. Reported the sighting to the RCMP, who laughed.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- North central B.C.
- Nearest Town
- Mackenzie
- Direction from Town
- East Southeast
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 5520--
- Longitude
- 1233---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plateau
Weather and light
- Wind
- windy
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Barry Jones intv. by Tom Steenburg
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JUN 88
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 88
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye color
- pale
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- swaying
- Later Movement
- hid, turned, fled
- Speed
- slow
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- very fast
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- approached, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1