Incident #1001405
Jake's Corners, Atlin Road, Yukon
Date unknown
Account
Ben Able heading down the road to Atlin from the Alaska Highway, saw slim figure standing 10 feet away facing the road. He returned to offer a lift, figure was now 25 feet away, but stood still and did not respond. Watched five minutes, then it turned and went into the bush. Was about 5 feet tall with a grey face and a bluish hue to the hair covering the body.
When
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Yukon
- County
- Atlin Road
- Nearest Town
- Jake's Corners
- Direction from Town
- South
- Population of Town
- 100
- Latitude
- 6000--
- Longitude
- 13347--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree size
- small
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth type
- soft vegetation
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Atlin B.C. newspaper, quoting Ben Able
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- NONE
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- AUGUST 1997
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face, on hands
- Hair Colour
- other
- Face Colour
- light
- Hands Colour
- light
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away, stopped still
- Reaction
- ignored
- Describe Unsual
- Skin on hands and face described as grey, hair on body described as bluish, "like a Russian blue cat."
- Additional Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Diane S. Smith, archivist, Atlin Historical Museum
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- came back, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1