Incident #1000199
Kimberley, East Kootenay Dis, British Columbia
Sep 1976
Account
Trudy and Rene Phillips, Kimberley, and their sister Sabrina Lucas, 19, Cranbrook, were driving on a Hydro right of way near Hwy. 93 northeast of Kimberley by the airport when they saw what they though was a burnt stump start to move. It was about 200 yards away. Seemed to move its feet slowly, yet moved fairly fast. Trudy, 18, said no neck, hunched shoulders. Rene, 12, said was 7 to 10 feet tall, black. Witnesses were frightened as it approached, and drove away.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 07 1976
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- East Kootenay Dis
- Nearest Town
- Kimberley
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 9
- Population of Town
- 7000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4943--
- Longitude
- 115473-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Related incident id
- 1000197, 1000198
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- grass
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Nelson Daily News, Sept. 9, 1976, quoting Trudy Ph
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- SEP 76
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEP 76
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Movement
- walking
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- FC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 16 to 20