Incident #1001358
Gold River, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
May before 1995
Account
Adrian Dorst said that a friend canoeing the West coast of Vancouver Island was lying under his canoe at dusk when he smelled something like a dead animal. Looking around he saw a large humanlike creature crouched or sitting nearby. It had straight grey hair. When it saw him it "took off" and was in the woods in a few strides. He also heard a sound like blowing in the end of a bottle.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- before 1995
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Gold River
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.0
- Latitude
- 4939--
- Longitude
- 12630--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- shore
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Nearby Water
- ocean, inlet
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- John Bindernagel quoting Adrian Dorst, Tofino, quo
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JUN 7 1944
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1996
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair curl
- straight
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got up, walked away, entered woods
- Sound
- other
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- avoided
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Position when first seen
- squatting
Witness
- Interviewer
- Adrian Drost, who repeated story to John Bindernagel
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1