Creature seen hiding behind a large boulder witnessed in British Columbia, Canada

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The incident was described second hand to me by a forestry technician who moved from the Prince Rupert District, and he was told the incident from a Female forestry technician and he vouched for her that she doesn't BS or tell lies and was shaken up about the incident. She went by floatplane to check on a spacing project on a old cutblock harvested in the 1970's. The spacers had finished the project, and she was alone on the site. She was finished checking the site and was walking out of the block on an old road at approx. 4pm in the afternoon. She was walking down a hill and noticed something watching her. She turned around and saw a tall furry (dark brown, long arms) animal taking two strides and hiding behind a large boulder. When it walked it had bent knees. It was not a bear. She was spooked and took out her bear mace (guard) and took off towards the beach (the pick-up spot) at a good pace.