Incident #1000282
Glide, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Apr 1956
Account
Paul Nott was surveying for a road near Young Bay Bridge on the North Umpqua River, about 200 yards from the river, when he saw something large, dark and hairy running away from him through heavy underbrush. He then found a dozen tracks in mud where the creature had crossed a spur road, 20 inches long, 9 inches wide, flat, with five toes.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1956
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Glide
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 4319--
- Longitude
- 12235--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- 200 yards
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- spotty
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Heat
- cold
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Rainfall
- dry
- Clarity
- overcast
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Paul Nott intv. by Ron Olson
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- running
- Direction
- Northeast
- Speed
- fast
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- fled from
- Way of Walking
- flat foot
- Knees
- up and down
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Number of Tracks
- 10
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Tracks Came From
- bushes
- Tracks Went to
- bushes
- Remarks
- Tracks moved around on road "as if questioning further pursuit", then left road.
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ron Olson
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1