Incident #1000003
Woodland, Clark Cty, Washington
Jul 1963
Account
Charlie Erion and two sons were walking by the Lewis River when they saw huge manlike tracks that came out of the river onto the road and then back into the water. They were clearly visible under the water below the tide line (four-foot tides) as well as in the sand on land. Erion showed them to Arland Brawner, a Portland businessman visiting in the area, and a boom man who operates a log dump nearby. The boom man took pictures. After they were publicized numerous people saw the tracks, including Chuck Edmonds, John Fuhrmann and John Green. Edmonds and Green made casts of somewhat weathered tracks.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Clark Cty
- Nearest Town
- Woodland
- Direction from Town
- South Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 455104
- Longitude
- 1224500
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Related incident id
- 1000002, 1000719, 1000723, 1000767, 1000768
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- 0
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Charlie Erion interviewed by Marge Davenport, Oreg
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1963
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1963
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17
- Greates Width
- 8
- Average Depth
- 1
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 1000
- Longest
- 72
- Shortest
- 48
- Estimated Age
- 24
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- back and forth
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand, sand under water
- Relation to Water
- out then in
Witness
- Track witnesses
- many