Incident #1001334
Harrison Hot Springs, Fraser Valley Dis, British Columbia
about 1958
Account
Rick Hedberg, then a boy, was hiking on the hill near the hot spring when they saw a creature about 7 feet tall, covered with greyish-brown hair, standing upright by a tree facing half away from them, with its face hidden by the tree. It had an arm and elbow like a human, not like a bear's leg, and it smelled worse than a bear. Rick yelled, and the creature took off on two legs, down towards the lake.
When
- Year
- about 1958
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Fraser Valley Dis
- Nearest Town
- Harrison Hot Springs
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 0.3
- Population of Town
- 600
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 49182-
- Longitude
- 121474-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- ravine
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- Northeast
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- 100 yards
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- soft vegetation
- Species
- fir, hemlock, cedar
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Rick Hedberg interviewed by Tom Steenburg
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JAN 1995
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1995
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- fled from
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Flat scratch marks left on bark of tree.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- 1994
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shouted
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15