Dean River

Date: September 1962

Occurrence: At Dean River, which flows out of Anahim Lake, Frank Sill picketed his horse, a thousand pound animal, in the closest meadow. In the morning he found it, not where he had left it staked, but hanging in a tree, so high that only the tip of one hind hoof touched the ground. It’s neck was broken but there were no signs of torn flesh. It would seem possible that the horse, frightened, ran to the end of its picket rope, then fell on its head and broke its neck as the rope brought it up short. How it got trussed up in the tree at the edge of the meadow is anyone's guess, but it was a task taking great physical strength. Huge footprints (16.5 inches in length) were found nearby. Frank Still suddenly didn't like the scenery in that part of the country.

Witness: Frank Sill

WCSRO, 2006.