Class A First-hand BFRO #15274

Early morning sighting on Vancouver Island near Cowichan Lake

20 June 2006 about 4:30 a.m. Mesachie Lake, British Columbia 1 witness

Account

While driving to work before dawn on a logging road, the witness encountered a dark figure on the road and initially assumed it was a bear. As headlights illuminated it, the figure was seen running bipedally down the road for about 100 feet before veering off through a ditch and up a bank into bushes. The witness described a tall, dark-haired, unclothed biped with lighter patches on its back and rump that never looked back. Later that day the witness found and photographed indistinct footprints at the site.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Road crossing

Physical traces

Tracks

Described appearance

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Height src: greater than 7 feet tall
Build src: 3 to 4 feet across back
Hair colour src: dark colored hair or fur with light colored patches
Arms src: arms swung in a wide arc
Legs src: two legs, running
Feet src: impressions roughly 13 inches long
Gait src: running gait unlike human, full stride without tripping or stumbling
Posture src: standing upright on two legs
Clothing src: no clothing
Other features src: light-colored patch below shoulder blades and across rump

Facts & provenance

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Date	20 June 2006 Stated BFRO report #15274 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	about 4:30 a.m. Stated BFRO report #15274 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Mesachie Lake, British Columbia Stated BFRO report #15274 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Province, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	48.83, -124.29 (± 3 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 15274 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #15274 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #15274 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #15274 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was	driving to work Stated BFRO report #15274 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	something dark on the road Stated BFRO report #15274 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #15274 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Investigated by: Blaine McMillan (BFRO)

Tracks

Footprints found on bank with impressions roughly 13 inches long; two trackways entering and leaving road, but poor due to dry crumbly dirt

Measurements: roughly 13 inches long

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Photograph

Photographs of footprints taken by witness, described as not best due to dry conditions

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section

Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness for about 45 minutes and judged the witness credible.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #15274 Primary

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BFRO map layer Reference

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