Incident #1000231
Klemtu, Swindle Isl, British Columbia
Apr 1970
Account
The crew of the seiner Bruce I, from Vancouver, stopped at Klemtu and told people there that they had seen a big creature on the mossy shore a mile North of the village early in the morning. It was only 50 to 100 yards away, big, very heavy, hair-covered, beige colour, with an apelike face. After a while it walked into the bush. Tracks in moss were poor, estimated to be 14 inches long. Victor Mason, Gordon Barton and Pat Brown, from Klemtu, found the tracks, seiner crew had not landed.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 23 1970
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Swindle Isl
- Nearest Town
- Klemtu
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 400
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 52223-
- Longitude
- 126473-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- island, shore
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- solid rock, moss
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Clarity
- overcast
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Bob Titmus intv. Klemtu residents who intv. witnes
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 70
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUL 70
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- beige
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- West
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Track Condition
- poor
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Material Tracks Made in
- moss
- Tracks Came From
- shore
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, boat, on large boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached, studied
- No of witnesses
- several
- Track witnesses
- several