Incident #1001359
Courtenay, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
early 1990's
Account
Rick Chatterton tells of seeing a "teenager" sasquatch at Medicine Bowls on Brown's River near Courtenay. It was standing behind a tree too small to hide it and as he and a friend approached it walked quickly away.
When
- Year
- early 1990's
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Courtenay
- Direction from Town
- West
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Latitude
- 493000
- Longitude
- 1250000
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Related incident id
- 1001360
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- John Bindernagel intv. with Rick Chatterton
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1995
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1996
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Bindernagel
- Interview date
- 1995
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Other report by this witness
- 2