Incident #1000966
Ainsworth, West Kootenay Dis, British Columbia
Aug 1993
Account
Matt Gagnon was bicycling up a dirt road about a mile and a half West of Aisnworth about midnight when he rounded a corner and saw by moonlight (full moon) a creature standing on its hind legs beside the road 300 or 400 yards ahead. It started running away up the road, arms swinging, for about 30 yards, then stopped, looked at him, turned left and ran into the woods. He fled. Estimated height 7 to 8 feet, black, bipedal, arms down to knees. No noise except crashing through brush. Prints not found next day, just a few depressions. Location given as 150 yards from Loon Lake, but lake not on 1:250,000 map.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 01 1993
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- West Kootenay Dis
- Nearest Town
- Ainsworth
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 1.5
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4943--
- Longitude
- 11655--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Distance to Water
- 200 yards
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Mat Gagnon, intv. on video by Robert Milner
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- MAY 1994
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1994
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled, stopped still, watched observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- fled from
- Additional Movement
- turned left, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Robert Milner
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- bicycling
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Tape or Video
- Video recording