OSR Report #67 Northeast Region Algoma District

Witness Report  -  Date submitted: Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:20 PM_____________

Report Type:  Sighting

Date of Incident:  Feb. 13, 2010

Season:  Winter

Time of Day:  10-10:30 pm EST

Weather Conditions:  Clear. After dark.

Duration of Incident:  10 to 12 seconds

Location:  hwy 17, lake superior provincal park, 47 15.870N, 84 33.795W

i was heading south bound towards the soo on hwy 17 passing through lake superior provincal park almost out of it on the bottom end

Location Description:  Mixed bush, average evergreen, and small hardwood.

Nearest Town:  sault ste marie

Nearest Road:  hwy 17

Description of Incident__________________________________________________

i was heading south on hwy 17 towards the soo i had just turned my high beams back on after the north bound car passed and i looked to the right at first i thought it was a moose because of the height so i had started to slow down just in case it was and it started for the road then i got a look and realized it wasnt thats when i figured it wasnt at this point i was almost past it it was roughly a quick guess bout 20-30 yards out from the tree line

Witness Activities:  Driving a transport at night

Other Witnesses:  one possibley the truck driver behind me i asked him if he seen that over the cb radio and he said wasnt sure wat he saw

Subject Description:  roughly 7' give or take a couple inches dark coloured maybe deep brown or black long arms longer than normal looked like it was heavly built and sturdy high cranium that is the best i can do considering i was driving

Investigation Report___________________________________________________________

Investigated by:  Peter Smith

The witness is a long-haul truck driver. On Feb. 13, 2010, he was driving his semi southbound on Hwy 17 heading towards Sault Ste. Marie. At approximately 10 to 10:30 pm, he was traveling through the south end of Lake Superior Provincial Park. He turned his hi-beams back on after a northbound car passed. To his right, he thought he saw a moose approximately 20 to 30 yards out from the tree-line, facing the road, so he slowed down. As he got closer, he realized that it wasn't a moose. At that point he was almost past the creature.

The witness said the creature was standing still, (on two legs), when he first saw it, then it started to move towards the road. He got the impression that it had stopped to watch the trucks. When asked if the creature noticed him, the witness replied that no reaction was observed, because he was past it quickly.

He described it as having long arms, longer than normal. It looked like it was heavily built and sturdy. It had a high cranium. The witness could not see any breasts, (in the semi dark). He said there was "no question that it was a Sasquatch". The witness called the truck driver that was following him on his CB radio to ask if he'd seen it, and the trucker replied that he wasn't sure what he saw.

There was no moon on 13 Feb. 2010, so the only light was from the periphery of the truck’s high beams. The witness said that the animal was in clear sight. The night was clear, and the creature was set against a backdrop of snow.

The area is remote, except for the highway, with an abandoned gas station/restaurant, (typical highway stop), several miles to the south. There is no other human activity or presence for miles in either direction.

Just north of the sighting area, there is a small lake, Kenny Lake, on the east side of the highway, and a stream on the west side. Vegetation in the area is mixed bush, evergreen, and small hardwood, typical of Northern Ontario second growth forest.

There have been other sightings within several miles of this location.

The witness has not made contact with anyone, except he did tell his girlfriend, who laughed.

Witness’s Description of Creature ____________

Height:  About 7 ft

Weight:  [no estimate given]

Gender:  No breasts observed.

Build:  It looked like it was heavily built and sturdy.

Body shape:  [see above]

Hair appearance and texture:  It was too dark , and too brief, for detail

Hair colour:  Dark coloured maybe deep brown or black

Hair length:

Facial features:

Shape of head:  A high cranium. That is the best I can do, considering I was driving.

Shape of eyes:

Skin colour: 

Limbs:  Long arms, longer than normal.

Feet or hands: 

Posture:  Upright, on two legs

Stride/motion:  Sighting too brief.

Arm swing:  It was too dark, and too brief, for detail

Odours:

Sounds:

Conclusions:  The witness was quite lucid in his account, (as brief as it was), and did not embellish any detail. I was impressed with the amount of detail that he was able to observe in the several seconds it took him to drive by. The witness stated that the animal was in clear view about 20 to 30 yards from the tree-line.

Media_______________________________________________________________________

I sent the witness several photos along the highway of the area in question, using GE Street View. He remembered seeing Crescent Lake sign, and said it was ½ to ¾ of a mile south of this location. The attached photo of the highway [Fig. 2] is as near as I can determine to be the exact location.

Images: 

Fig. 1  

GE image of

Hwy 17 in the area of

Kenny Lake, just north

of the sighting location.

Fig. 2 

Crescent Lake

Camp Grounds Sign

Fig. 3 

Approximate location

where sighting occured,

1/2 to 3/4 mile south

of the Crescent Lake sign.