Incident #1000207
Port Alberni, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
Jul 1979
Account
Claude and Dorothy Martin, Nanaimo, were driving a truck over the "hump" between Port Alberni and Parksville, and stopped for water at a little creek. There they saw a creature standing upright like a human, eyes gleaming orange in the headlights. It was very big, and apparently black, since possibility of black bear standing upright suggested.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Port Alberni
- Direction from Town
- West
- Population of Town
- 20000
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Nanaimo Free Press, Jul 27, 1979, quoting Dorothy
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUL 79
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUG 79
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected orange
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Eyes reflected orange in headlights.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 2