Incident #1000218
Parksville, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
1983
Account
Ray Norbert was hunting late in the season, at dusk but still with good visibility, and was in a meadow East of the Island Highway, when he heard a crashing in the forest on the far side of the field, then saw a creature come out and walk along the far side for the fence line, about 100 yards away. It travelled the length of the field, walking like a man, and re-entered forest at end of field. Was dark in colour and twice as high as the fence posts. (ie 8-9 feet). He had a 30-30 with no telescopic sight, and said he would have fired if he was sure it was not a man.
When
- Year
- 1983
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Parksville
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 4916--
- Longitude
- 12413--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- island, plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree size
- mostly large
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Ray Norbert intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- APR 85
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- APR 85
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed view field, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- OCT 12 1985
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30