Incident #1001384
Harrison Hot Springs, Harrison Lake, British Columbia
Mar 1993
Account
Tracks not studied. Joe Verhovany was looking for downed cedars for shake blocks with two companions when he saw the sasquatch pulling up devil's club plants and eating the roots like corn on the cob. He watched it for about a minute before it heard him and ran up the hill, first on all fours, then bipedally, scrambling and throwing rocks down. The other men saw only tracks in snow patches, and thought they were grizzly tracks.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 30 1993
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Harrison Lake
- Nearest Town
- Harrison Hot Springs
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 24
- Population of Town
- 800
- Elevation/Altitude
- 27
- Latitude
- 493725
- Longitude
- 1214518
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- tree
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- Northeast
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Snow Condition
- shallow patches
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- one large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- soft vegetation
- General undergrowth
- sparse
- Species
- red cedar, hemlock
- Variety
- devil's club, fern, huckleberry
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Snow
- normal
- Wind
- windy
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Joe Verhovany, intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 22 1996
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1996
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Longer on
- legs, arms
- Ears
- hairy
- Ear Size
- small
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Brow Ridge
- small
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at bottom
- Torso Side
- very wide
- Abdomen
- protruding
- Legs
- short
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Heel
- protruding
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Hands
- large
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- picking up
- Direction
- Southwest
- Later Movement
- turned, watched observer
- Running Speed
- fast
- Arms Used
- for picking up, in locomotion
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Sound
- growl
- Odour
- mild
- Eating
- roots
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Describe Unsual
- Animal was eating devil's club roots.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Different Colour on
- head
- Second Colour
- light
- Additional Movement
- fled, went up slope
- Position when first seen
- bent over
- Head Size
- medium
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 22 1996
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 51 to 60
- Other report by this witness
- 3