Incident #1000198
Wycliffe, East Kootenay Dis, British Columbia
Sep 1976
Account
Barbara Pretula saw a creature behind her store in Wycliffe, got a camera and took one flashbulb picture of it, which caused it to run off into woods. Said it was 6 to 7 feet high, black, with a light-coloured front. No hair on palms of hands. Picture, taken from about 15 feet away, is blurred. Nelson News story says she and police tell of other witnesses in Wycliffe.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 03 1976
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- East Kootenay Dis
- Nearest Town
- Wycliffe
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 4936--
- Longitude
- 11551--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Related incident id
- 1000197, 1000199
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, plain
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Nelson Daily News, Sept. 9, 1976, quoting Barbara
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- SEP 76
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- SEP 76
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on palms
- Hair Colour
- black
- Digits
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled, entered woods
- Different Colour on
- chest
- Second Colour
- light brown
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- photographed
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30