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Report
Received From: The GCBRO Online Report
Submission Form.
Report
Posted To GCBRO Web Site On:
April 1, 2007
DATE:
January 1, 1950
TIME:
Various
LOCATION:
Ruby Creek, British Columbia. A small settlement on Fraser River near Hope,
BC. In those days as today, there are several native reserves in the area.
TERRAIN:
Wooded, mountainous area. Sparsely populated and remote area in those days.
CPR tracks along the river but only gravel roads. Today there is a major
highway through the area parallel to the tracks.
OBSERVED:
There was a native family living in a log cabin close to the banks of the
Fraser River. My father talked to them many times about the sightings,
as he often served as a sort of taxi driver to the natives who came across
the river to our truckstop. This family apparently had built their cabin
in an area the bigfoot used as a regular pathway to the river. Several
times when the children were playing outside pebbles would be thrown at
them from the surrounding woods. At night large stones would be thrown
at the cabin, breaking windows and thoroughly frightening the family. Loud
roars accompanied the barrages. They did see the creatures several times.
An elder told my father (who recorded her story) about being kidnapped
as a child by a clan of 8 bigfoot - 4 adults and 4 youngsters. She was
taken far into the mountains and made to serve as a kind of slave, fetching
berries and water, grooming. I don't remember much more of the story, except
that she managed to escape after about 6 days while all the creatures were
sleeping. Ruby Creek is close, as the crow flies, to Harrison Lake, which
has had many bigfoot sightings over the years. As ther e is no physical
evidence, only old stories, I don't know if this will be of any interest.
Still, I'm glad to have a forum to pass it along. Unfortunately nobody
knows what happened to the tape recording my father made, but he played
it for years to anyone interested in hearing it. His name was Bill Jarvis,
owner of Hunter Creek Service Station.
Activities
of Witness: These sighings
occurred during the 1940's and 1950's, but possibly had been going on for
much longer.
Description
of Creature: N/A
Other
Notes: Hope you find
this of some interest.
Other
(Informational or Encounter History in the General Area) Notes:
Yes, a bigfoot was sighted very close to here on the Yarrow Road by a bus
driver returning home from work. It was crossing the road from the direction
of the Vedder River and leapt up a steep bank, disappearing into the woods
on Sumas Mountain. That would be approx. 1 mile from here. That sighting
has been documented by lo cal bigfoot researchers.
Additional
Notes and or Follow up Comments:
N/A
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