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Bigfoot sighting near Bella Coola, British Columbia

1947 · Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada

Two men on a tug in Burke Channel, British Columbia, in fall 1947 saw an upright animal coloured like a grizzly climb a rock slide; they disagreed whether it was a bear or a sasquatch.

The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.

Facts

Date
1947
Place
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Evidence
visual
Point
52.252, -127.254
Located within
926 m
Witness was
boating
Witnesses
2
Creatures
1
Distance
183 m (600 ft)
Described as
both
Behaviour
climbing, walking
In the account
cave or rocks, climbed, in vehicle, near water, thought bear first, walked upright
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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