Incident #1000206
Hope, Coquihalla Valley, British Columbia
Jul 1979
Account
Peter Stewart, Westcoast Transmission employee, heard 3rd hand that an Indian from Kamloops named Darwin John had seen and fled from "a large hairy object 10 feet tall" that he encountered while clearing trees for a pipeline right of way parallel to the Coquihalla highway. John, working for the Northern Native Development Corporation, was said to be in his early 20's.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Coquihalla Valley
- Nearest Town
- Hope
- Population of Town
- 4000
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Peter Stewart, West Vancouver, with hearsay story
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- SEP 79
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- SEP 79
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Posture
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30