Bigfoot · Ruby Creek, British Columbia · 1941
BC-1941ID case-83b00948c8Added to map Oct 8, 2026
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- Nov 6, 1941to the day
- Where
- Ruby Creek, British Columbiato approximate level
- Reports
- 2 documents1 independent
The account
Indian braves returned from fishing trips with stories of being bombarded with huge stones tossed by giants standing on the banks of rivers.
Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect
We map claims, not creatures: this is what the sources say, not proof. How a case is built
Details
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- Where
- Ruby Creek, Area B (South Fraser Canyon/Sunshine Valley), Kent, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
mapped to approximate level · from the report's own words - When
- Nov 6, 1941
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
- Added to map
- Oct 8, 2026
- Case id
- case-83b00948c8
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Source trail (2)
Down the rabbit hole → 2 documents, and how they connect
Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.
- Image 15 of The Tacoma times (Tacoma, Wash.), October 16, 1941
Newspaper · 1941-10-16
Earliest found, not necessarily the original. - Image 5 of McAllen daily press (McAllen, Tex.), November 6, 1941
Newspaper · 1941-11-06
Further reading
- Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us, John Green (1978)
Newspaper-publisher's file of Pacific Northwest reports.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Sasquatch, Don Hunter with Rene Dahinden (1975)
Casebook from a long-time field investigator.
Borrow on Internet Archive - On the Track of Bigfoot, Marian T. Place (1974)
1970s account of reports and searches.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America, Loren Coleman (2003)
Coleman's history and case survey.
Borrow on Internet Archive
Books we have not reproduced: borrow them free at archive.org. Listing a book is not an endorsement of its claims.