Incident #1000210
Cumberland, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
Dec 1980
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 13 1980
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Cumberland
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 4935--
- Longitude
- 12514--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- under
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- West
- Substratum
- broken rock, forest litter
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- Douglas fir
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Rainfall
- wet
- Snow
- unusually little
- Wind
- windy
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- showers
- Lighting
- deep shadow
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Two deer hunters intv. by John Green.
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- JAN 81
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 81
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Movement
- staying still
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- tree
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness 1
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JAN 81
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- 100 feet
- Most vertical distance
- 100 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40
Witness 2
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MARCH 81
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- 100 feet
- Most vertical distance
- 100 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15