Incident #1001516
Agassiz, Fraser Valley Dis, British Columbia
Aug 1973
Account
Driving East on Hwy 7 approaching Ruby Creek bridge, after 1 a.m., saw huge creature standing by the road, so big could have crossed road in two or three steps.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Fraser Valley Dis
- Nearest Town
- Agassiz
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 49210-
- Longitude
- 120361
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river, creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- large and small
- Tree condition
- mixed ages
- Tree type
- mixed
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- alder., cedar, cottonwood
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg intv. with Ralph Bobb, from Bigfoot
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1986
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- 1986
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stopped, came back
- No of witnesses
- 1