Incident #1000225
Harrison Hot Springs, Fraser Valley Dis, British Columbia
1989
Account
Betty Unger and her grandson Dallas Yellowfly, 9, were returning from skiing at Hemlock Valley about 4 p.m. Rounding a bend they saw what they took for a small black bear ascending the steep bank below the road. Unger stopped to watch as it reached the road and stood erect. It was not a bear, but a biped less than 6 feet tall, covered with dark brown hair. It crossed the road diagonally toward them, coming within about 30 feet. Face dark with little hair, expression and muscle and eye movement clearly seen. It paused to look at them, then jumped up the bank above the road, looked back down at them and climbed the hill into the trees, faster than a human could move.
When
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Fraser Valley Dis
- Nearest Town
- Harrison Hot Springs
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 500
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- road
- Super Human Action
- Jump to high bank by road and up hill too fast for human
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Betty Unger, Sardis
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- MAY 93
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 93
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- face
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Colour
- dark
- Arms
- long
- Hands
- large
- Movement
- climbing hill
- Later Movement
- crossed road, approached, watched observer
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- south
- Arms Used
- in climbing
- Reaction
- approached
- Additional Movement
- went up slope, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MAY 93
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 51 to 60