Incident #1001365
Harrison Hot Springs, Harrison Lake, British Columbia
Jul 1988
Account
Joe Verhovany, camping where Silver River flows into Harrison Lake, went to pick raspberry-like berries in a large patch between the logging road and the river, and saw, also picking berries, a red-brown creature, 6 feet tall, very heavily built, standing upright and bringing the berry branches to its mouth with its hand then picking the berries with its lips. It turned and looked at him, then went back to eating. He moved towards it and it turned and looked again, then walked off, in no hurry, disappearing in the bushes.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 05 1988
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Harrison Lake
- Nearest Town
- Harrison Hot Springs
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 800
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.3
- Latitude
- 493446
- Longitude
- 1214925
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- berry patch
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river, lake
- Distance to Water
- 50 yards
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- General undergrowth
- moderate
- Species
- cedar, alder
- Variety
- wild raspberry
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- dry
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- shadowed sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Joseph Verhovany, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., intv
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- MAY, 1996
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY, 1996
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- average
- spacing
- average
- Eye shape
- round
- Eye color
- dark
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- chest
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Tone
- two-tone
- Hair Shorter On
- other
- Hair Longer on
- back
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Ears
- hairy
- Ear Size
- large
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Expression
- frightened
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead Shape
- vertical
- Brow Ridge
- small
- Nose
- short snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Nostrils
- No
- Tail
- none
- Mouth Open?
- sometimes open
- Lips
- thin
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- very wide
- Abdomen
- protruding
- Legs
- short
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Hands
- large
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Digits
- short
- Thumb
- short
- Movement
- eating
- Direction
- East
- Later Movement
- turned, watched observer, handled something
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Arms Action
- reaching
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Odour
- mild
- Eating
- berries
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Way of Walking
- heel and toe
- Knees
- always bent
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Ears were pointed, but did not stick up above the top of the head. Hair was shorter under the arms. Hands were used both for pulling berry branches to the mouth and for spreading the bushes as it walked away, pushing with the palms of the hands outward. Hair not collected.
- Feet
- large
- Foot Width
- wide
- Evidence Left
- hair
- Different Colour on
- chest
- Second Colour
- red
- Additional Movement
- watched observer, walked away, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- large
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 22 1996
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- berry picking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached, stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Other report by this witness
- 3