Incident #1000209
Cumberland, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
Jul 1980
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 21 1980
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- half hour
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Cumberland
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 28
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 4
- Latitude
- 4923--
- Longitude
- 12528--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- shore
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside, shore
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- heavy
- Variety
- alder
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- University student intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- JAN 81
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 81
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- got down, threw something, got up
- Arms Used
- for picking up, for shaking
- Object Handled
- rock, tree
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JAN 81
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30