Incident #1001402
Peace River, Haig Lake, Alberta
1987 to 1988
Account
Brian Thompson said his ex-wife Denise, her mother, her brother Joe and her nephew were fishing at one end of Haig Lake when Joe pointed out a hairy biped, grey and black and over 6 feet tall, walking on two legs towards them from the other side of the lake, half a mile away. It was approaching quickly, so they left and went back to camp. That night Joe took their garbage to a pit half a mile from camp and found huge footprints, which he showed to their father.
When
- Year
- 1987 to 1988
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Haig Lake
- Nearest Town
- Peace River
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 140
- Population of Town
- 6000
- Latitude
- 5654--
- Longitude
- 11606--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- lake, woods
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Brian Thompson
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- MAY 01 1998
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- walking
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Second Colour
- black
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- big
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Brian Thompson
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Track witnesses
- 2