Incident #1000194
Victoria, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
Jan 1976
Account
Harvey Maser was a passenger in a car driven by Jack Phelps, on Metchosin Road near Duke Road about 6:25 a.m., when their lights hit about 100 feet ahead a creature estimated 8 to 9 feet tall walking beside the road. Estimate 3 to 4 feet across the shoulders, covered with hair 4 to 5 inches long. No colour given. Seemed stooped. It quickly turned right and disappeared in the bushes. A later search did not turn up any footprints.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 22 1976
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Victoria
- Direction from Town
- West Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 200000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 100
- Latitude
- 4825--
- Longitude
- 12331--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- quarter mile
- Cover
- moderate
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Harvey Maser, Victoria, phoned John Green Jan 26,
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- JAN 76
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 76
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- stooped
- Hair Length
- medium
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turned right, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JAN 26 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2