Incident #1000247
Bella Coola, Central Coast Dis, British Columbia
Nov 1989
Account
At Nelson home, dogs started barking, Jimmy Nelson and Glen Clellamin saw sasquatch in yard next door. Followed it as it headed down the alley towards the creek. Heard a growl and a high-pitched scream. Kept walking towards it. When they were 30 feet away it stopped, looked at them. They yelled at it, it started walking towards them. They ran. Next day went looking for tracks and found three sets, small, medium and large. Story refers to other reports from other witnesses in next several days, creature appeared to be in search of food, then running on two legs, more leery than afraid.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 12 1989
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Central Coast Dis
- Nearest Town
- Bella Coola
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 52223-
- Longitude
- 12645--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000246
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- river, ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation, no obvious light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Courier, Bella Coola, Nov 30, 1989. Angel Hall int
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- NOV 89
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 89
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Shoulders
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Sound
- growl, scream
- Reaction
- avoided, approached
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- made a noise, turned around, approached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Angela Hall
- Interview date
- NOV 89
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- followed
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20