Incident #1000211
Agassiz, Fraser Valley Dis, British Columbia
Dec 1980
Account
Gill Gursewak, 18, was driving slowly in fog on Hwy 7 on Woodside Mountain, made out a huge faint shape moving slowly in the fog which he identified as a sasquatch. Reported to police, who said he could not give any description.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 17 1980
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Fraser Valley Dis
- Nearest Town
- Agassiz
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 4914--
- Longitude
- 12152--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- half mile
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- fog
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 2
Source
- Source
- Agassiz-Harrison Advance, Dec 23, 1980, quoting Gi
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 81
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 81
- Incident type
- 1
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- R.C.M.P.
- Interview date
- DEC 17 1980
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20