Incident #1001357
Nanaimo, Van Isl, British Columbia
about 1985
Account
Al Burnett was driving on a logging road high on Mount Benson and turned to the passenger in the back seat when the passenger shouted "Look out." He looked ahead and saw a huge animal standing on the road, so lose and so tall he had to lean forward to see the top of it. Trying to avoid it he flipped the car. Estimated height 5.5 to 6 feet at the waist, and about 5 feet wide. Legs looked nearly 2 feet in diameter. He does not believe sasquatch exist, although he describes one, and considers what he saw an halucination, although the passenger obviously saw it first.
When
- Year
- about 1985
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Van Isl
- Nearest Town
- Nanaimo
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 50000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 49084-
- Longitude
- 124000-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- road
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- John Bindernagel interview with Al Burnett
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- APRIL 1996
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1996
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 12 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Bindernagel
- Interview date
- APR 03 1996
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20