DATE: It was about 20 years ago
LOCATION: The incident occured on the Suskwa River about 4 kilometers above the mouth where it enters the Bulkley River. This is about 12 kilometers from Hazelton in northern British Columbia.
OBSERVED: The account is from an interview with B.O. of South
Hazelton, B.C. "Before going to bed this particular night, my wife and
I couldn't find our dog anywhere. He had been barking at night the past
few evenings, mostly just over the little ridge. About midnight, my wife
got up to go to the outhouse a short way from the back door. She didn't
take a flashlight because its so close to the house. It was very foggy
out and on the path she heard something.move right next to her and she
smelled something very bad. She said she could have touched it, it was
so close. It started to move away and she ran back in the house and jumped
in bed, half screaming. She was too scared to scream out loud and that
scared me. It made the hair on my neck tingle. I got up and got my gun
and a flashlight and went outside but with the thick fog, I couldn't see
anything. I heard it walking though and I smelled it. It sounded like it
was walking on two feet. I went toward my dad's place about a quarter mile
away and I could here it making noises. Like a low screeching. I went back
in the house and was pretty scared.The next morning, I went out to look
for sign but couldn't see any tracks. It had stepped over a barbed wire
fence and broke. The nails were pulled out of the fence posts. I couldn't
find any hair on the fence. Later that day, Dad told me that he went to
go to
the outhouse late last night and started to open the door on
his little trailer and something was holding it from opening. He got scared
thinking it might be a grizzly and he didn't have a gun, so he got his
hammer, that's all he had, and whatever was holding the door went away.
He said he didn't go to the outhouse. Bob Titmus used to live about 8 kilometers
from us. He came over to my wifes folks quite often and visited. All he
talked about was bigfoot. He moved away before this happened. We found
our dog down at my wifes folks place the next day, about 4 kilometers away.
Pat Baker used to live in this same area and he saw a track at one time
that he thought might have been a bigfoot. Even today when I think about
that night, the hair on the back of my head just bristles. It was pretty
scary.
ENVIRONMENT: The area is heavily forested with a lot of undergrowth and is relatively flat with a few small ridges. It is about 1,200 feet above sea level.
ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES): Both were lying in bed
Primary BFRO investigator: Stewart Nash (snash@mail.bulkley.net)
Uploaded to BFRO database by Dawn Harrack <Dawn@BFRO.net> and Matt M. <Matt@BFRO.net>