Incident #1000304
Myrtle Point, Coos Cty, Oregon
Jan 1969
Account
Chester Mullins, checking his Sky Line Ranch after extremely heavy snow, saw tracks heading from the town towards the mountain. They were two feet long, sinking two feet into the snow, yet with a seven-foot stride. He followed them for a quarter mile but stopped when they entered heavy brush.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Coos Cty
- Nearest Town
- Myrtle Point
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 2500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 17
- Latitude
- 4305--
- Longitude
- 12405--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- crossing
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Super Human Action
- 7-foot strides in 2 feet of snow.
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Snow Condition
- deep new
- Cover
- sparse
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Snow
- unusually deep
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
Source
- Source
- Chester Mullins intv. by Ron Olson
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 24.0
- Greates Width
- 12.0
- Average Depth
- 24.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 12.00
- Observer Weight
- 180
- Stride in Inches Average
- 84
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 200
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Track Drag or Slide
- no drag or slide
- Ball of Foot
- double
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft deep snow
- Tracks Came From
- pasture
- Tracks Went to
- hillside
Witness
- Interviewer
- Ron Olson
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Track witnesses
- 2