Post by thomassteenburg on Jul 7, 2013 21:21:25 GMT -5
NEAR TUMBLER RIDGE
B.C. FILE# 10185
LOCATION: Highway #29, west of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
DATE: June 11th, 2013, Tuesday.
TIME: 04:30 AM
REPORT BY: Thomas Steenburg.
This incident first came to my attention when a fellow worker whom the witness was driving for contacted Jason Cain of Sasquatchsightings.ca. Jason said he was going to try and contact the witness himself and would get back to me. On Friday June 14, 2013 I returned home to find a message on the answering machine from a Mr. (Withheld from written report) who informed me that it was he who had reported the encounter and could I get back to him. I did so and we did a phone interview, which follows.
Would you state your full name?
(Answer withheld from written report)
Were do you live?
Laduc, Alberta.
What is your phone number?
(Answer with held from written report)
Do you wish to remain anonymous?
Yes please.
Do you ware corrective lenses?
No I do not.
What is your occupation?
Truck driver.
18 wheel type trucks?
Yes sir. 18 wheels.
How old are you?
47, oh sorry 48 I just turned 48.
Where did this incident occur?
Highway # 29.
What is the nearest community to the incident location?
Tumbler Ridge.
In northeastern British Columbia?
Yes.
What date did this take place?
The 11th.
Of June 2013?
Yes sir.
Steenburg Note: This interview was conducted on Friday June 14, 2013. Three days after the alleged sighting which would have been the previous Tuesday.
Did this happen right in Tumbler Ridge, or near by?
About 20 minutes out.
North, south, east or west?
I guess it would be the west.
Was it night or day?
The morning.
What time was it?
Around 4: 30 am.
Describe for me what happened?
I was driving down the road and I’d say about 100 yards, maybe 200 yards away from me. It come out of the bush from the north, (drivers side), run across the highway, and took 5 strides, (steps), across the highway and went into the bush on the south side of the highway, (passenger side}.
Were you delivering something to Tumbler Ridge at this time?
Yes I was delivering to F-----. (Company name withheld from written report}
Describe the area in which this took place.
Well treed. Very well treed, very dense.
You were making a delivery by truck to F----- located in Tumbler Ridge at this time?
Yes sir.
What distance would you estimate you were from the subject when you saw it?
100 to 200 yards away.
Was it in your headlights?
Actually it was bright enough out side that I could see it.
So was it in your headlights or beyond your headlights?
It was beyond my headlights.
Steenburg note: At that time of year, June 11, dawn is well under way at 4:30 am.
So at this time in the morning its starting to get light is that right?
Yes sir.
Or since you are a little further north than I am does it get light even earlier up there?
It gets light around here at 4 o’clock am.
What color was it?
Blackish brown.
What was your first impression?
I thought I was hallucinating. (Laughs).
How did you react when you first saw it?
I was shocked. My first words to myself were what the $%&@$# was that, (Laughs).
What was it doing?
It was running across the highway.
Was it moving the whole time it was in view?
Yes sir.
Was it hairy?
Yes sir.
Did it stand and move upright?
Yes sir.
Did you ever see it go down on all fours?
No sir. It was not a black bear. It was something on two feet.
How tall would you estimate the subject to have been?
Close to 7 feet.
How do you come to that estimate?
The way I could see it through my windshield, I didn’t have to look down at it, and didn’t have to look up at it, it was directly in view. If I had been beside the creature what ever it was, it would have been looking directly at me through the window, face to face it would have been looking at me. It was very tall.
How much do you think it weighed?
Oh guessing, 350 pounds?
How long did you see it for?
3 or 4 seconds, maybe a little longer?
Did it have any reaction?
No, it glanced while it ran, the way it happened, it happened so fast, it glanced and it ran and like I said it took 5 strides across a double lane highway and was into the bush.
Which highway was that again?
Highway 29.
Could you see any facial features?
No sir I didn’t it was too quick.
Could you tell if it was male or female?
No I could not sir.
Did you see the arms?
I noticed that when it was striding that its hands went below its hips. It had long arms. Other than that broad shoulders, long arms, I really couldn’t see much eh.
Did it make any noise?
No sir. I wouldn’t be able to hear it anyway, I’m in the truck with the window closed.
Did you smell anything before during or after?
No sir. I was going to fast down the highway, I didn’t even have the chance to stop to investigate for prints or anything.
You didn’t stop?
I didn’t want to take the chance, because I didn’t know if it was dangerous or what. Know what I mean?
Did you report what you saw?
I reported to the guys at F-------,( Company name withheld), this is how I got your phone number, the guys who research on the computer have your name and gave it to me so I good report this to you.
Was that Sasquatchsightings.ca, Jason Cain web site?
Yes sir.
Steenburg Note: Originally this incident was reported to researcher Jason Cain on his web site by a gentleman whom I believe our witness talked to in Tumbler Ridge. I know Jason was trying to contact the man who filed the report during the time between the incident and this interview.
Did you report this to anyone else?
No sir.
What I mean is RCMP or anyone like that?
No. They would think I was nuts and put me in an institute. People kind of shy away from you when you mention stuff like this.
Where they’re any other witnesses?
No sir.
You were the only one in the truck?
Yes sir.
What do you think it was?
I think it was a Sasquatch to be honest with you.
You are convinced of that?
I am convinced, yeah, I am convinced. I watched a lot of stuff about Sasquatch on T.V and such, when I was a child, really young my wife heard my mom mention about it. (General topic) we lived in North Surry BC and we used to go up to Crows Lake, and my whole family, if they were alive would tell you we seen one there standing on the side of the road and it didn’t move. It stayed right there, ok. So I do think it was a Sasquatch.
Have any of your friends or family members ever had an incident like this before?
Yes. A long, long time ago. Yes.
When and were?
Oh god I couldn’t begin to remember I was just a kid, I was only 7 or 8 years old when it happened. I know it was up by Crows Lake.
So this would be back in the 1970s?
Yeah. Around 72 or 71.
Have you ever made a report of this type at any time, to anyone else?
No sir I haven’t.
Are there any other physical characteristics of the subject, which stand out in your memory?
Yeah it was big, it was tall, and it walked on two feet.
So you only saw this subject for a few seconds as it crossed the highway in front of you?
Yes, it ran across sir.
It was running the whole time?
It was striding. It was a stride, not like a full run, it was striding.
It was moving pretty fast?
I was amassed how fast it went across the highway. I’m stating like I um, this is the truth, it took 5 or 6 strides to cross that highway and it was gone. It wasn’t jumping and it wasn’t a full run it was you know? I don’t how else to explain it. You would have to be there to understand. I have 20/20 vision sir and my eyes don’t play tricks on me. I don’t drink and I don’t take drugs. I wasn’t hallucinating something like that. Like my first words to the guys at F------- were “Your going to think am smelling gas or on some wild stuff but I seen something run across the highway today that was on two feet and it was no black bear”.
Was that fellow named (Withheld from report)
Steenburg note: I asked if the man he spoke to was the same man who reported this to Jason Cain.
I think so.
At this point we just got into a long conversation about how he found out about myself, and I suggested that from now on he should carry a camera with him while driving his truck. He laughed and told me, “That’s what my wife said”! He also felt that some people should come out to the location and have a good look around even though he couldn’t say the exact point of highway 29 the subject was seen.
Thomas Steenburg
B.C. FILE# 10185
LOCATION: Highway #29, west of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
DATE: June 11th, 2013, Tuesday.
TIME: 04:30 AM
REPORT BY: Thomas Steenburg.
This incident first came to my attention when a fellow worker whom the witness was driving for contacted Jason Cain of Sasquatchsightings.ca. Jason said he was going to try and contact the witness himself and would get back to me. On Friday June 14, 2013 I returned home to find a message on the answering machine from a Mr. (Withheld from written report) who informed me that it was he who had reported the encounter and could I get back to him. I did so and we did a phone interview, which follows.
Would you state your full name?
(Answer withheld from written report)
Were do you live?
Laduc, Alberta.
What is your phone number?
(Answer with held from written report)
Do you wish to remain anonymous?
Yes please.
Do you ware corrective lenses?
No I do not.
What is your occupation?
Truck driver.
18 wheel type trucks?
Yes sir. 18 wheels.
How old are you?
47, oh sorry 48 I just turned 48.
Where did this incident occur?
Highway # 29.
What is the nearest community to the incident location?
Tumbler Ridge.
In northeastern British Columbia?
Yes.
What date did this take place?
The 11th.
Of June 2013?
Yes sir.
Steenburg Note: This interview was conducted on Friday June 14, 2013. Three days after the alleged sighting which would have been the previous Tuesday.
Did this happen right in Tumbler Ridge, or near by?
About 20 minutes out.
North, south, east or west?
I guess it would be the west.
Was it night or day?
The morning.
What time was it?
Around 4: 30 am.
Describe for me what happened?
I was driving down the road and I’d say about 100 yards, maybe 200 yards away from me. It come out of the bush from the north, (drivers side), run across the highway, and took 5 strides, (steps), across the highway and went into the bush on the south side of the highway, (passenger side}.
Were you delivering something to Tumbler Ridge at this time?
Yes I was delivering to F-----. (Company name withheld from written report}
Describe the area in which this took place.
Well treed. Very well treed, very dense.
You were making a delivery by truck to F----- located in Tumbler Ridge at this time?
Yes sir.
What distance would you estimate you were from the subject when you saw it?
100 to 200 yards away.
Was it in your headlights?
Actually it was bright enough out side that I could see it.
So was it in your headlights or beyond your headlights?
It was beyond my headlights.
Steenburg note: At that time of year, June 11, dawn is well under way at 4:30 am.
So at this time in the morning its starting to get light is that right?
Yes sir.
Or since you are a little further north than I am does it get light even earlier up there?
It gets light around here at 4 o’clock am.
What color was it?
Blackish brown.
What was your first impression?
I thought I was hallucinating. (Laughs).
How did you react when you first saw it?
I was shocked. My first words to myself were what the $%&@$# was that, (Laughs).
What was it doing?
It was running across the highway.
Was it moving the whole time it was in view?
Yes sir.
Was it hairy?
Yes sir.
Did it stand and move upright?
Yes sir.
Did you ever see it go down on all fours?
No sir. It was not a black bear. It was something on two feet.
How tall would you estimate the subject to have been?
Close to 7 feet.
How do you come to that estimate?
The way I could see it through my windshield, I didn’t have to look down at it, and didn’t have to look up at it, it was directly in view. If I had been beside the creature what ever it was, it would have been looking directly at me through the window, face to face it would have been looking at me. It was very tall.
How much do you think it weighed?
Oh guessing, 350 pounds?
How long did you see it for?
3 or 4 seconds, maybe a little longer?
Did it have any reaction?
No, it glanced while it ran, the way it happened, it happened so fast, it glanced and it ran and like I said it took 5 strides across a double lane highway and was into the bush.
Which highway was that again?
Highway 29.
Could you see any facial features?
No sir I didn’t it was too quick.
Could you tell if it was male or female?
No I could not sir.
Did you see the arms?
I noticed that when it was striding that its hands went below its hips. It had long arms. Other than that broad shoulders, long arms, I really couldn’t see much eh.
Did it make any noise?
No sir. I wouldn’t be able to hear it anyway, I’m in the truck with the window closed.
Did you smell anything before during or after?
No sir. I was going to fast down the highway, I didn’t even have the chance to stop to investigate for prints or anything.
You didn’t stop?
I didn’t want to take the chance, because I didn’t know if it was dangerous or what. Know what I mean?
Did you report what you saw?
I reported to the guys at F-------,( Company name withheld), this is how I got your phone number, the guys who research on the computer have your name and gave it to me so I good report this to you.
Was that Sasquatchsightings.ca, Jason Cain web site?
Yes sir.
Steenburg Note: Originally this incident was reported to researcher Jason Cain on his web site by a gentleman whom I believe our witness talked to in Tumbler Ridge. I know Jason was trying to contact the man who filed the report during the time between the incident and this interview.
Did you report this to anyone else?
No sir.
What I mean is RCMP or anyone like that?
No. They would think I was nuts and put me in an institute. People kind of shy away from you when you mention stuff like this.
Where they’re any other witnesses?
No sir.
You were the only one in the truck?
Yes sir.
What do you think it was?
I think it was a Sasquatch to be honest with you.
You are convinced of that?
I am convinced, yeah, I am convinced. I watched a lot of stuff about Sasquatch on T.V and such, when I was a child, really young my wife heard my mom mention about it. (General topic) we lived in North Surry BC and we used to go up to Crows Lake, and my whole family, if they were alive would tell you we seen one there standing on the side of the road and it didn’t move. It stayed right there, ok. So I do think it was a Sasquatch.
Have any of your friends or family members ever had an incident like this before?
Yes. A long, long time ago. Yes.
When and were?
Oh god I couldn’t begin to remember I was just a kid, I was only 7 or 8 years old when it happened. I know it was up by Crows Lake.
So this would be back in the 1970s?
Yeah. Around 72 or 71.
Have you ever made a report of this type at any time, to anyone else?
No sir I haven’t.
Are there any other physical characteristics of the subject, which stand out in your memory?
Yeah it was big, it was tall, and it walked on two feet.
So you only saw this subject for a few seconds as it crossed the highway in front of you?
Yes, it ran across sir.
It was running the whole time?
It was striding. It was a stride, not like a full run, it was striding.
It was moving pretty fast?
I was amassed how fast it went across the highway. I’m stating like I um, this is the truth, it took 5 or 6 strides to cross that highway and it was gone. It wasn’t jumping and it wasn’t a full run it was you know? I don’t how else to explain it. You would have to be there to understand. I have 20/20 vision sir and my eyes don’t play tricks on me. I don’t drink and I don’t take drugs. I wasn’t hallucinating something like that. Like my first words to the guys at F------- were “Your going to think am smelling gas or on some wild stuff but I seen something run across the highway today that was on two feet and it was no black bear”.
Was that fellow named (Withheld from report)
Steenburg note: I asked if the man he spoke to was the same man who reported this to Jason Cain.
I think so.
At this point we just got into a long conversation about how he found out about myself, and I suggested that from now on he should carry a camera with him while driving his truck. He laughed and told me, “That’s what my wife said”! He also felt that some people should come out to the location and have a good look around even though he couldn’t say the exact point of highway 29 the subject was seen.
Thomas Steenburg
