Incident #1001351
Deroche, Fraser Val, British Columbia
Sep 1976
Account
Chris Bekkering and Ken McConnell were fishing in Norrish Creek when they saw a black figure, bigger than a man, standing beside the water. It appeared to be looking at them, then it got down on all fours and put its face in the creek. It seemed to have something long and dark in its hand, about the size of a rifle.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 29 1976
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Fraser Val
- Nearest Town
- Deroche
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 4913--
- Longitude
- 12208--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Chris Bekkering and Ken McConnell, intv. by JWG
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- OCT 1976
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got down
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Reaction
- watched
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Use of Water
- drink
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Carrying something long and dark in its hand, rifle size.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- OCT 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20