Creature record / 1966

The Richmond Sasquatch Flap on Lulu Island

July 15, 1966 · Richmond, Lulu Island, Fraser River delta, British Columbia, Canada

24Thinly documented Cryptid Creature 14 sources

July 15, 1966. Rural Richmond, on Lulu Island in the Fraser River delta. Don Gilmore was up on the farmhouse roof, shingling. Then came the sound of a stampede. A dark, hairy animal was chasing the cattle. Over the next week, others saw it too. An artist, John Osborne, watched a slim, hair-covered figure about seven feet tall, then drew it. A babysitter saw a head and shoulders above six-foot raspberry bushes at night. A storekeeper watched it cross a dirt road. The Vancouver Sun ran the story. Sasquatch researchers John Green and René Dahinden came looking. They found no tracks. But something large had bedded down in nearby bushes.

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Key facts

When	July 15, 1966
Time of day	various: daytime sightings, and one at night hours after about 10 pm
Where	Richmond, Lulu Island, Fraser River delta, British Columbia,Canada
Duration	about a week (15 to 22 July 1966); Osborne's sighting about 15 seconds
Witnesses	6
Witness roles	civilians
Found	physical traces
Evidence	none confirmed
Investigations	none recorded
Status	undisputed

The creature

A slim, hair-covered, manlike figure about six feet eight to seven feet tall, dark or black to the Gilmores and brown to Osborne, who said it "wasn't apelike" but "like a big hairy man." It chased cattle, once "on all fours like a bear," and otherwise walked upright across roads into brush.

Size	about 2.1 m (about six feet eight to seven feet tall)
Distance	about 23 m from the witnesses
Colour	black, other colour
Duration	15 seconds

Context

Much of Richmond was still rural in 1966. The town sat on Lulu Island, in the Fraser River delta south of Vancouver, and had about 50,000 people. Farmland shared the island with the Lulu Island Bog, which once covered a large portion of it.

Sources (14, most influential first)

Classic Canadian Sasquatch Stories: Greater Vancouver Area · Mysteries of Canada· 2025-12-14 · Wiki, blog, podcast · blog
Bord Bigfoot Casebook chronology transcription · bigfootencounters.com · Wiki, blog, podcast · blog
Bigfoot Casebook (Janet and Colin Bord, 1982) · Internet Archive / Stackpole Books· 1982 · Press, book, documentary · book
British Columbia Sasquatch Sightings, Encounters, Occurrences and Track Reports · Sasquatch Canada (courtesy of Prince George Sasquatch) · Research organisation · org report
The Sasquatch File (John Green, 1973) · Open Library· 1973 · Press, book, documentary · book

Reputability

24/100Thinly documented

Keywords

People

Don GilmoreFarmer; saw a dark hairy animal chase the cattle on 15 July
Bob GilmoreFarmer, Don's brother; found the torn fence on 16 July
Hank PorstHired hand on the roof with Don Gilmore on 15 July
John OsborneArtist, 35; watched the figure for about 15 seconds and drew it
Darlene LeafBabysitter; saw a head and shoulders above raspberry bushes at night
John McKernanRichmond storekeeper; saw it cross a dirt road from his car
John GreenSasquatch researcher and journalist; investigated and interviewed McKernan
René DahindenSasquatch researcher; investigated with Green

Names

Bigfoot John Green Sasquatch René Dahinden Green Janet and Colin Bord