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AUGUST 9, 1965, SMITHVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, A MAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

It seems that the newspaper The Hamilton Spectator, of Hamilton, Ontario, reported on August 16, 1965, that truck driver from Lakeview claimed to have seen a half-human, half-animal beast, six or seven feet tall, on a side road near Smithville, on August 9, 1965.

The man estimated it weighed 500 pounds. A secondary source reports that it was covered with hairs, had powerful shoulders, a head that seemed too small for its body, and inordinately arms long. The truck driver went back to look for tracks but found none.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. jb1:] JANET ET COLIN BORD:

The authors indicate in their catalogue of Bigfoot sightings that on August 9, 1965, near Smithville, Ontario, a truck driver saw a 6-7-ft, long-armed Bigfoot weighing about 500 lb.

The sources are indicated as the Hamilton Spectator, of Hamilton, Ontario, for August 16, 1965 noted in Green, "Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us", page 250; Loren E. Coleman and Mark A. Hall, "Some Bigfoot Traditions of the North American Tribes", in INFO Journal vol. II no.3.

[Ref. go1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

The ufologist indicates that on August 9, 1965, in Smithville, Ontario, Canada, a truck driver of Lakeview saw at the edge of an isolated road, a giant of approximately 2 meters, cover of hairs and with powerful shoulders. Its head seamed too small for his body with inordinately long arms.

The ufologist indicates that the source is Jean Ferguson in "Les Humanoïdes...", Leméac publishers, Ottawa, 1977, p. 123.

[Ref. bf1:] BIGFOOT FIELD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION:

The website indicates that an article for Sunday, August 1, 1965, in the Hamilton Spectator newspaper indicated that a Lakeview trucker claimed to have seen a half-human, half-animal beast six or seven feet tall on a side road near Smithville. He estimated the thing to weigh 500 pounds. He went back to look for tracks but found none.

The website indicates that the article information comes from the book Sasquatch, The Apes Among Us by John Green.

[Ref. ff1:] "BIGFOOT FACT OF FANTASY" WEBSITE:

The website lists that on August 9, 1965, near Smithville, Ontario, a truck driver saw a 6-7 feet, long-armed Bigfoot weighing about 500 lb.

The website indicates that the source is "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings (1818-1980)" in The Bigfoot Casebook, Janet and Colin Bord, 1982, New York: Granada Publishing.

Points to consider:

There is obviously no reason that this encounter appeared in a UFO book. There was no UFO and the description indicates nothing that suggests the creature had something to do with UFOs. The description highly suggests that the man saw some bear possibly in poor sighting conditions, possibly in the dark of night and shortly because he was likely driving.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Probable bear.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

• [---] ? Article in the newspaper The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, August 16, 1965.
• [---] ? "Les Humanoïdes", book by Jean Ferguson, Leméac publisher, Canada, page 123, 1977.
• [---] ? "Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us", book by John Willison Green, Hancock House publishers, USA, page 250, 1981.
• [---] ? "Some Bigfoot Traditions of the North American Tribes", article by Loren E. Coleman and Mark A. Hall, in INFO Journal, volume II, #3.
• [jb1] * "The Bigfoot Casebook", book by Janet and Colin Bord, Granada publishers, USA, 1982.
• [go1] * "Chronologie OVNI", web page by Godelieve Van Overmeire, Belgium, circa 1999, at users.skynet.be/sky84985/chron16.html
• [bf1] * The Bigfoot Field Research Organisation website, USA, at www.bfro.net/GDB/show_article.asp?id=64
• [ff1] * "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings 1965 - 1967", listing at the Bigfoot Fact or Fantasy? website, circa 2007, at home.clara.net/rfthomas/cb/1965.html

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