Post by Gerry on Nov 10, 2008 13:46:38 GMT -5
LOCATION: Ruby creek F.S.R. Lower Main land, British Columbia
DATE @ TIME: Sunday September 21st, 2008
REPORT BY: Thomas Steenburg.
Mr. Mike Q of Chilliwack, B.C. Contacted Gerry Mathews of west coast Sasquatch to report seeing a sasquatch while hunting. Gerry passed on the information to Bill Miller whom rushed out to meet him at the location later the following day. While there a search was conducted and attempt was made to recover the rock which was claimed to have been thrown by the creature. The next morning Bill contacted myself and in company with one other person, another search was carried out. One fairly good footprint was found by myself and another not so clear possible print was found by the third person. Photos and measurement were carried out on the good track. Length was aprox 13 inches. width along the toes was approx 8 inches. wide at metatarsal brake. I covered track with two upside down skunk cabbage leaves.
UPDATE Sept 25th. 2008
I have now contacted Mr. Q and will meet him at his home on Friday Sept 26th, for a full interview.
Q. Please state your full name.
A.First name is Mark, last name is Q.
Q.What is your present mailing address?
A.(Withheld on request)
Q.What is your present phone number?
A.(Withheld on request)
Q.Do you wish to remain confidential?
A.Umm?? No. I don't really care.
Q.What is your occupation?
A.Gas fitter.
Q.Do you ware corrective lenses?
A.No.
Q.How old are you?
A.30.
Q.Tell me the story. Tell me what happened.
A.I was walking down this road, up along Ruby Creek. Umm this marshy area. Moving real slow, keeping an eye on the bush. Looking for deer, bear. Umm, caught a glimpse of something black out of the corner of my eye, moving. No sound at that point, Just something moving, so I quickly swung my upper body towards it and I saw a rock! 12 to 15 feet off the ground, umm kind of arcing down towards me. Landed in the bog. Seemed like right next to me, but, I don't know where in that bog it landed but it seemed like it was right there. Um, so I paused, sort of going through my head, you know, where did it come from, umm, lots of things went through my head but nothing made any sense. I backed up a little bit and was looking at this grove of trees, saw something black start to move, and it took off like a rocket I could only see a small amount, like a piece of it through the dense trees that were there. It took off. Straight up 50 or 60 yards, it stopped, it took off again, another 60 yards or so I guess, stopped again, than it took off until I could no longer hear it moving any longer.
Q.Where did this occur?
A.Ruby Creek. The first major hydro cut up the Ruby Creek F.S.R.
Q.What date did this take place?
A.September 21st. Sunday.
Q.At night or day?
A.During the day.
Q.What time was it?
A.Aprox 2:30 to 3 o'clock, somewhere in there.
Q.Describe the area in which this took place.
A.I was on the gravel road. I was completely surrounded by a bog. Both sides. Pretty dense cover. Young saplings everywhere um, Starting right at the road, pretty dense.
Q.What were you doing in the area?
A.Hunting.
Q.What were you hunting for?
A.Mule deer and bear.
Q.What distance would you estimate you were from the subject when you saw it?
A.Umm. 20 feet, 25 feet?
Q.What colour was it?
A.It looked black.
Q.What was your first impression?
A.My first impression? Holy nuts! ha ha. Than I started thinking that i had walked under somebodies tree stand and they were wiping a rock at me to get me to take off.
Q.At first did you think it was a man?
A.At first, well,not. The thing that moved? No. At first I thought a person threw a rock at me, but then I saw the thing take off into the bush, and theres no way that was a man.
Q.How did you react when you first saw it?
A.I froze.
Q.What was it doing?
A.At which point, what do you mean?
Q.When you first saw it?
A.I didn't see it until it split. Like I said I saw the movement and it split, like with in a second.
STEENBURG NOTE: That first second was the clearest view mike had of the subject. He could hear the creature bashing through the thick bush as it went around the edge of the bog but the vegetation at the waters edge was so thick that only glimpses through the few breaks as the creature passed where observed.
Q.Was it hairy?
A.Couldn't tell.
Q.Did it stand and move upright?
A.I umm, again, I couldn't tell.
Q.Did you ever see it go down on all fours?
A.No.
Q.How tall would you estimate this thing to have been?
A.When I first, when it took off it looked like it was about 5 feet tall.
Q.How heavy do you think it was?
A.Oh I couldn't even take a guess at that.
Q.Lighter than a man? Heaver than a man. Man size?
A.It seemed to be about 5 feet wide. It was big.
Q.How long do you think you saw it for?
A.Oh. half a second. At most.
STEENBURG NOTE: Mike is talking about the moment he first spotted the subject. Hes not including brief and partiall glimpses as the subject moved around the the bog in thick cover.
Q.Did it see you?
A.I'm pretty sure it did. Ha ha.
Q.What was it's reaction?
A.It threw a rock at me.
Q.And than what did it do?
A.Than it split.
Q.Did you notice any facial features?
A.No.
Q.Could you tell if it was male or female?
A.No.
Q.Did you notice anything about the arms, legs etc?
A.No.
Q.Did it make any noise?
A.Crashing through the bush but nothing grunt or grown or anything.
Q.It made no vocal sounds?
A.No vocal sounds. No.
Q.Did you smell anything before, during or after?
A.After.
Q.Can you describe it.
A.Um, like the worst body oder that you can imagine. Like an elk musk, pretty putrid.
Q.You sure it wasn't just normal Bog smell?
A.Oh yeh. It wasn't just bog or skunk weed.
Q.Did you check for footprints?
A.No.
Q.Did you report what you saw?
A.Later on that night yeah.
Q.To whom?
A.I e-mailed. I don't remember the name.
Q.West Coast Sasquatch, Gerry Mathews?
A.Yeah and he forward. Or gave my number to Bill Miller.
Q.Describe your general outdoor experience.
A.Oh. I have spent my whole life out in the bush. From you know a small kid, Dad taking hiking and camping. In cadets spent alot of time outdoors, and ever since I have spent alot of time in the bush.
Q.You have been a active hunter for how long ?
A.About 8 years.
Q.Were there any other witnesses to this?
A.No.
Q.You were alone at the time?
A.I was yes.
Q.What do you think it was?
A.I think it was a Sasquatch.
Q.Have any of your friends or family members ever reported something like this before?
A.No.
Q.Have you ever reported anything like this at anytime to anyone else?
A.No.
After the interview was over I had a long visit with Mike and his family, as well as a friend which had come over out of curiosity. It appears that Mike has been taking quite a bit of ribbing from his friends and workmates whom have been asking things like "Mike. wheres your ape"! I also have the impression that his wife and daughter don't know what to make of all this! Mike tells me his wife keeps suggesting other possibilities other than a Sasquatch. Though she seems to be open minded to the idea. Mike has thought of little else since and has expressed a desire to come along on other investigations to find out more. As of right now investigations into this area will continue.
Thomas Steenburg
DATE @ TIME: Sunday September 21st, 2008
REPORT BY: Thomas Steenburg.
Mr. Mike Q of Chilliwack, B.C. Contacted Gerry Mathews of west coast Sasquatch to report seeing a sasquatch while hunting. Gerry passed on the information to Bill Miller whom rushed out to meet him at the location later the following day. While there a search was conducted and attempt was made to recover the rock which was claimed to have been thrown by the creature. The next morning Bill contacted myself and in company with one other person, another search was carried out. One fairly good footprint was found by myself and another not so clear possible print was found by the third person. Photos and measurement were carried out on the good track. Length was aprox 13 inches. width along the toes was approx 8 inches. wide at metatarsal brake. I covered track with two upside down skunk cabbage leaves.
UPDATE Sept 25th. 2008
I have now contacted Mr. Q and will meet him at his home on Friday Sept 26th, for a full interview.
Q. Please state your full name.
A.First name is Mark, last name is Q.
Q.What is your present mailing address?
A.(Withheld on request)
Q.What is your present phone number?
A.(Withheld on request)
Q.Do you wish to remain confidential?
A.Umm?? No. I don't really care.
Q.What is your occupation?
A.Gas fitter.
Q.Do you ware corrective lenses?
A.No.
Q.How old are you?
A.30.
Q.Tell me the story. Tell me what happened.
A.I was walking down this road, up along Ruby Creek. Umm this marshy area. Moving real slow, keeping an eye on the bush. Looking for deer, bear. Umm, caught a glimpse of something black out of the corner of my eye, moving. No sound at that point, Just something moving, so I quickly swung my upper body towards it and I saw a rock! 12 to 15 feet off the ground, umm kind of arcing down towards me. Landed in the bog. Seemed like right next to me, but, I don't know where in that bog it landed but it seemed like it was right there. Um, so I paused, sort of going through my head, you know, where did it come from, umm, lots of things went through my head but nothing made any sense. I backed up a little bit and was looking at this grove of trees, saw something black start to move, and it took off like a rocket I could only see a small amount, like a piece of it through the dense trees that were there. It took off. Straight up 50 or 60 yards, it stopped, it took off again, another 60 yards or so I guess, stopped again, than it took off until I could no longer hear it moving any longer.
Q.Where did this occur?
A.Ruby Creek. The first major hydro cut up the Ruby Creek F.S.R.
Q.What date did this take place?
A.September 21st. Sunday.
Q.At night or day?
A.During the day.
Q.What time was it?
A.Aprox 2:30 to 3 o'clock, somewhere in there.
Q.Describe the area in which this took place.
A.I was on the gravel road. I was completely surrounded by a bog. Both sides. Pretty dense cover. Young saplings everywhere um, Starting right at the road, pretty dense.
Q.What were you doing in the area?
A.Hunting.
Q.What were you hunting for?
A.Mule deer and bear.
Q.What distance would you estimate you were from the subject when you saw it?
A.Umm. 20 feet, 25 feet?
Q.What colour was it?
A.It looked black.
Q.What was your first impression?
A.My first impression? Holy nuts! ha ha. Than I started thinking that i had walked under somebodies tree stand and they were wiping a rock at me to get me to take off.
Q.At first did you think it was a man?
A.At first, well,not. The thing that moved? No. At first I thought a person threw a rock at me, but then I saw the thing take off into the bush, and theres no way that was a man.
Q.How did you react when you first saw it?
A.I froze.
Q.What was it doing?
A.At which point, what do you mean?
Q.When you first saw it?
A.I didn't see it until it split. Like I said I saw the movement and it split, like with in a second.
STEENBURG NOTE: That first second was the clearest view mike had of the subject. He could hear the creature bashing through the thick bush as it went around the edge of the bog but the vegetation at the waters edge was so thick that only glimpses through the few breaks as the creature passed where observed.
Q.Was it hairy?
A.Couldn't tell.
Q.Did it stand and move upright?
A.I umm, again, I couldn't tell.
Q.Did you ever see it go down on all fours?
A.No.
Q.How tall would you estimate this thing to have been?
A.When I first, when it took off it looked like it was about 5 feet tall.
Q.How heavy do you think it was?
A.Oh I couldn't even take a guess at that.
Q.Lighter than a man? Heaver than a man. Man size?
A.It seemed to be about 5 feet wide. It was big.
Q.How long do you think you saw it for?
A.Oh. half a second. At most.
STEENBURG NOTE: Mike is talking about the moment he first spotted the subject. Hes not including brief and partiall glimpses as the subject moved around the the bog in thick cover.
Q.Did it see you?
A.I'm pretty sure it did. Ha ha.
Q.What was it's reaction?
A.It threw a rock at me.
Q.And than what did it do?
A.Than it split.
Q.Did you notice any facial features?
A.No.
Q.Could you tell if it was male or female?
A.No.
Q.Did you notice anything about the arms, legs etc?
A.No.
Q.Did it make any noise?
A.Crashing through the bush but nothing grunt or grown or anything.
Q.It made no vocal sounds?
A.No vocal sounds. No.
Q.Did you smell anything before, during or after?
A.After.
Q.Can you describe it.
A.Um, like the worst body oder that you can imagine. Like an elk musk, pretty putrid.
Q.You sure it wasn't just normal Bog smell?
A.Oh yeh. It wasn't just bog or skunk weed.
Q.Did you check for footprints?
A.No.
Q.Did you report what you saw?
A.Later on that night yeah.
Q.To whom?
A.I e-mailed. I don't remember the name.
Q.West Coast Sasquatch, Gerry Mathews?
A.Yeah and he forward. Or gave my number to Bill Miller.
Q.Describe your general outdoor experience.
A.Oh. I have spent my whole life out in the bush. From you know a small kid, Dad taking hiking and camping. In cadets spent alot of time outdoors, and ever since I have spent alot of time in the bush.
Q.You have been a active hunter for how long ?
A.About 8 years.
Q.Were there any other witnesses to this?
A.No.
Q.You were alone at the time?
A.I was yes.
Q.What do you think it was?
A.I think it was a Sasquatch.
Q.Have any of your friends or family members ever reported something like this before?
A.No.
Q.Have you ever reported anything like this at anytime to anyone else?
A.No.
After the interview was over I had a long visit with Mike and his family, as well as a friend which had come over out of curiosity. It appears that Mike has been taking quite a bit of ribbing from his friends and workmates whom have been asking things like "Mike. wheres your ape"! I also have the impression that his wife and daughter don't know what to make of all this! Mike tells me his wife keeps suggesting other possibilities other than a Sasquatch. Though she seems to be open minded to the idea. Mike has thought of little else since and has expressed a desire to come along on other investigations to find out more. As of right now investigations into this area will continue.
Thomas Steenburg
