Incident #1000290
Klamath Falls, Klamath Cty, Oregon
Sep 1961
Account
Mel Jackson told Barbara Wasson in 1980 that he and another man were walking on a trail after a rain and saw five human-shaped tracks several inches longer than a size 10 1/2 boot in rain-spattered dust on the trail. One of Lee Trippett's original reports, which placed the incident on Mt. McLoughlin. Computer interview shows three tracks, so this entry splits difference at four.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 08 1961
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1961
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Klamath Cty
- Nearest Town
- Klamath Falls
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 17000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 55
- Latitude
- 4224--
- Longitude
- 12215--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- easy
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- thunderstorm
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
Source
- Source
- Mel Jackson intv. by John McCrimmon and quoted in
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 70
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 70
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Greates Width
- wide
- Stride in Inches Average
- 45
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 4
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Material Tracks Made in
- shallow dust
- Remarks
- Trackmaker seemed to be following a contour line when it would have, been easier to follow the trail.
Witness
- Interviewer
- John McCrimmon
- Interview date
- MAY 12 1979
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2