Incident #1000221
Burns Lake, Nechako Plateau, British Columbia
Jul 1985
Account
Glen Stewart, Pendleton Bay, reported to RCMP that an animal had attacked his car on the road from Pendleton Bay to Burns Lake, near the Donald's Landing Road. He told Conservation Officer Peter Stent that a large, very tall, hairy creature came out of the woods and ran alongside his station wagon for a short distance at 30 miles an hour. It was screaming and at one point struck the car two or three times. Conservation officer found no marks on the car that appeared to have been made by an animal.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 30 1985
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1985
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Nechako Plateau
- Nearest Town
- Burns Lake
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 5429--
- Longitude
- 12540--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Clocked at 30 mph
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plateau
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- no obvious light
Source
- Source
- Burns Lake News, Aug 7? 1985
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- AUG 85
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 86
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- chased, maintained distance, made a noise
- Speed
- very fast
- Running Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- witness' car
- Arms Used
- for hitting
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- ran at
- Attracted By
- machine sounds
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 30 mph
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Conservation officer Peter Stent
- Interview date
- JUL 31 1985
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2