Incident #1001517
Castlegar, West Kootenay Dis, British Columbia
May 1994
Account
Driving East on Hwy 3 about 14 miles from Castlegar, Nellie Campbell saw what she thought was a bear coming up the bank about 375 yards away and slowed to watch it. It was a different creature, on all fours but placing very little weight on front limbs, gait peculiar, one side and then the other. Limbs long, expecially in front, thin body, brown hair streaked with dark grey. Erect est. 6 to 7 ft.Travelling fast.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 31 1994
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1994
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- West Kootenay Dis
- Nearest Town
- Castlegar
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 14
- Population of Town
- 6000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4918--
- Longitude
- 11750--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- steep
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Nellie Campbell letter to Prof. Paul Tennant, Univ
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- AUG 02 1994
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- APRIL 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- all fours
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Tone
- streaky
- Hair Shorter On
- head, feet
- Torso Side
- narrow
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went up slope, crossed road
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Used
- in locomotion
- Reaction
- ignored
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was on all fours but putting little weight on front limbs, had unusual gail "one side and then the other." Hips described as "slab-sided", Long hair on legs ended "like trouser legs", feet paddedlike paws. Did not see face.
- Second Colour
- dark grey
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- over 70