"Tree stump" jumps up and runs away
Account
The witness was hiking with family on a trail near their campsite at midday. He noticed a stump-like shape in a sunlit area that suddenly stood and ran away bipedally for about 100 yards. His family did not see it. He reported it to a park worker and later returned to find large tracks and disturbed wood.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Build src
- very muscular in the back
- Hair colour src
- brown, like a grizzly bear
- Hair length src
- thick on lower legs, like bell bottoms
- Legs src
- long thigh came up level while running
- Feet src
- came up to butt while running
- Gait src
- ran very quickly on two legs
- Posture src
- crouched by rotten log
- Other features src
- hair came to a v shape at the spine
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
June 1999
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
midday
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| Place |
Chilliwack, British Columbia
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| Map point |
49.1622, -121.9504 (± 15 km)
Canadian Geographical Names Database community 'Chilliwack', New Westminster Land District (+1 same-named nearby), matched from nearest town 'chilliwack'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
hiking with family while camping
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| Witness's word for it |
something big and brown in the bush
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Kevin Withers (BFRO)
Deep tracks found in soft ground where the creature ran, with scratch marks nearby
Measurements: 15 inches long
Tracks described as 14-15 inches long with no visible toes
Measurements: fourteen to fifteen inches long and five to six inches wide; six feet between tracks
Rotten log torn up at spot where creature first seen
Deadfall broken in middle at location of loud crack
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3368 Primary
The report refers to
- “reported sighting at silver lake camp shortly after that”Not in the Anomadex yet