Incident #1000219
Nanaimo, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
Aug 1983
Account
Gary Hurtig said he and some friends were shooting at apples with pellet guns in an area that was once a park/zoo of some sort. He walked off by himself and was leaning against a tree when someting moved 12 feet up in another tree, turned and looked toward him. It was a dark hairy thing with big eyes with no hair around them, and a flat face. Was 50 to 100 feet away. It jumped down, knocking off a branch as it fell, and took off into the woods. Gary was frightened and also left. Size was too big for a bear, and face totally unbearlike. He thinks the thing had been watching the other boys as he approached from behind. (Report is given a low credibility rating because the site he showed me did not seem to match the story adequately. JWG)
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1983
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Nanaimo
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 50000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 4912--
- Longitude
- 12358--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- island, plain
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mixed ages
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- mixed size
- Undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Gary Hurtig, Nanaimo, intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- APR 85
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- APR 85
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- No hair on
- near eyes
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- got down, fled, entered woods
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was in tree when first seen. Jumped down and ran.
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- OCT 12 1985
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20