Incident #1001274
Ketchikan, Ketchikan Cty, Alaska
Aug 1956
Account
Bob Everett was doing Department of Fish and Game fisheries survey work with a local halibut boat out of Ketchikan. Getting ready to anchor for the night, the skipper pointed out a "bear" sitting on his rump. The bear then got up, looked at the boat for about 15 seconds, then walked off upright. Reported to office at Ketchican, took him back there and followed tracks more than half a mile before going into a heavily wooded area following a path. Biologist took pictures. Seen from about 200 feet, est. 7-8 feet tall, 350-400 pounds, blackish to redish hair 2 to 4 inches long.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1956
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Ketchikan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ketchikan
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 50
- Population of Town
- 8000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.0
- Latitude
- 555---
- Longitude
- 1320---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- shore
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- soft vegetation
- General undergrowth
- none
- Variety
- ferns
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Bob Everett to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- SEP 1976
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1976
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- red black
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- watched observer, walked away
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- seated
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on large boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 3