Incident #1001398
Spuzzum, Fraser Canyon, British Columbia
May 1997
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 25 1997
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Fraser Canyon
- Nearest Town
- Spuzzum
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 4935--
- Longitude
- 12115--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- Northeast
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- some trees
- Tree type
- deciduous
- Unnatural Conditions
- burned
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- some
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- soft vegetation
- General undergrowth
- grass
- Species
- poplar, alder
- Variety
- grass
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg intv. with Mike McDonald
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- JUN 01 1997
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUG, 1997
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Shorter On
- other
- Face Colour
- dark
- Mouth Open?
- sometimes open
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- thin
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Digits
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got up, handled something
- Arms Action
- bent
- Arms Used
- for eating, hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Eating
- foliage
- Reaction
- did not see
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Describe Unsual
- This animal stepped over to a tree, pulled a branch down and started eating leaves or buds off the end of the branch, using its other hand to put the food in its mouth and pulling the leaves off with its teeth. As it ate it moved round the tree, giving the observer a view of all sides.
- Position when first seen
- squatting
- Head Size
- large
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenberg
- Interview date
- JUN 09 1997
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars, scope sight
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 31 to 40