Incident #1000212
Valemont, Yellowhead Hwy, British Columbia
1980 to 1981
Account
Man phoning Grover Krantz on B.C. radio show in 1982 (Krantz may have name) said that on the Yellowhead Highway near Valemont in the fall of 1982 he rounded a bend and saw three creatures on the left side of the road, two adults, huge and black, upright, and a small one on all fours. The large ones nudged the small one to go up hill. Witness said he made U-turn and when he got back could see over the snowbank by the road the bottom half of the creatures going up hill to the tree line. (Presume this means to the trees above the road, but still it makes no sense.) Next day he went looking for footprints and found deep prints in snow, one and a half feet (presume length, not depth) that indicated one adult followed in the other's steps.
When
- Year
- 1980 to 1981
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Yellowhead Hwy
- Nearest Town
- Valemont
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 5250--
- Longitude
- 12517--
What was seen
- Individuals
- other group of large and small
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- snow
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Snow Condition
- deep old
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Man phoning Grover Krantz on Art Finlay radio show
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- NOV 82
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 82
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Later Movement
- turned left, went up slope, entered woods
- Other Activity
- Large creatures nudged small one to go up hill
- Reaction
- avoided
- Describe Unsual
- Two large creatures represented here, smaller one has separate entry
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- all fours
- Hair Colour
- black
- Later Movement
- turned left, went up slope, entered woods
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Not clear whether this creature stood up or stayed on all fours. Two larger creatures have separate entry.
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Estimated Age
- 1 1 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Came From
- road
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- kept going, came back, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 1