Incident #1001355
Parksville, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
about 1986
Account
Mike Weldon, then in Grade 9, was swimming in the Englishman River with friends. He went into the salal brush, and saw behind some shrubs the head and shoulders of a giant apelike animal looking at him. He ran.
When
- Year
- about 1986
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Parksville
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 4920--
- Longitude
- 12423--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- heavy
- Variety
- salal
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- John Bindernagel phone call from Mike Weldon
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JAN 1994
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 10 1996
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- staying still
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- John Bindernagel
- Interview date
- JAN 1994
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 10 to 15