Class A First-hand BFRO #9267

Morning sighting by logging crew near White Swan Lake

20 August 2004 around 7:30am Canal Flat , Skookumchuck, British Columbia 5 witnesses

Account

While starting a morning heli-logging shift, the witness and coworkers watched a large brown human-shaped figure moving on two legs along a nearby ridge for about 20 minutes. The figure paused and appeared to watch them, standing motionless before bending over as if to touch its toes and then standing upright again. When the crew briefly looked away to begin work, the figure had disappeared.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: 11-13 feet tall
Hair colour src: brown
Legs src: on 2 legs
Gait src: walking
Posture src: stood still for about 5 minutes like a tree
Other features src: human shaped

Facts & provenance

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Date	20 August 2004 Stated BFRO report #9267 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	around 7:30am Stated BFRO report #9267 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Canal Flat , Skookumchuck, British Columbia Stated BFRO report #9267 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Province, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	50.1603, -115.8089 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #9267 · cgndb:JBZXG · read with 30% confidence Canadian Geographical Names Database village 'Canal Flats', Kootenay Land District, matched from nearest town 'canal flat , skookumchuck' read as 'canal flats' (spelling match)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #9267 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	5 Stated BFRO report #9267 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #9267 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	heli-logging work Stated BFRO report #9267 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a human shaped creature Stated BFRO report #9267 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #9267 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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BFRO report #9267 Primary

Published 2004-09-05 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash e68b2adc4f7f

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“the story about the man at whiteswan lake”
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