Incident #1000204
Nelson, West Kootenay Dis, British Columbia
1979
Account
Brent Hastings hiking in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park when he saw what he thought was a man walk upright across the base of the glacier, a long way off. Later found that the distance covered was far too great for any human to cover in the same amount of time.
When
- Year
- 1979
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- West Kootenay Dis
- Nearest Town
- Nelson
- Direction from Town
- North Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 18
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 70
- Latitude
- 4944--
- Longitude
- 11713--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- glacier
- Super Human Action
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Snow Condition
- glacier
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Snow
- early snow
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Brent Hastings intv. by John Green. Also Van. Prov
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- MAY 93
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG 93
- Incident type
- 1
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MAY 93
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- over half mile
- Least vertical distance
- 500 or more
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50