Incident #1000305
Colton, Clackamus Cty, Oregon
Feb 1969
Account
Glen Thomas, who at this period was almost a full-time sasquatch hunter, found two sets of tracks 15 by 7 inches and 11 by 4 inches, in snow in a field at an abandoned homestead. He observed them for about 10 days under varying weather conditions. The tracks indicated the creatures were spending the day in the heavy brush but coming out each night to pull up bunches of long grass, eating the lower part of the stems. The two individuals were always at least 100 feet apart. Twice the larger one caught a rabbit, pursuing it for only about three 10-foot paces. Stomach and hair were left uneaten, but bones were gone. The tracks often crossed a creek. Glen did not follow them into the deep bush for several days. When he did he found where the larger one had bedded down under a big cedar. The next day there were motor cycle races in the area and the creatures were gone. Two days later he found the tracks again, going North, and followed tlhem over a hill and down to a level where there was no snow. They were travelling 200 to 300 feet apart. In deep snow they sank 18 inches where he could jump on the snow without making a mark. The tracks indicated that the toes of both individuals pointed down. The larger one also had a scar on its left instep.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Clackamus Cty
- Nearest Town
- Colton
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 1.5
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 16
- Latitude
- 4507--
- Longitude
- 12225--
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Super Human Action
- 10-foot running strides in snow
- Related incident id
- 1000298, 1000300, 1000302, 1000303
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- grass
- Snow Condition
- shallow old
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- cold
- Snow
- unusually deep
Source
- Source
- Glen Thomas intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 70
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 2
Creature description
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter, animal matter
- Eating
- grass, small animal
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Animals also left hair and intestines of rabbits apparently killed and eaten.
- Evidence Left
- bed, footprints
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 50
- Longest
- 120
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 1000
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Foot Deformity Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard deep snow
- Describe Deformity
- Toes point down. Scar on left instep
- Tracks Came From
- bushes
- Tracks Went to
- pasture
- Trackmaker attracted by
- natural food plants, wild animal prey
- Remarks
- No depth given for tracks in shallow snow. When travelling, in deep, snow, some tracks were 18 inches deep. Glen Thomas could not make a, track even by jumping on the snow.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 11.0
- Greates Width
- 4.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 30
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 1000
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Track Drag or Slide
- no drag or slide
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Foot Deformity Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard shallow snow
- Describe Deformity
- Toes point down
- Tracks Came From
- bushes
- Tracks Went to
- pasture
- Trackmaker attracted by
- natural food plants
- Remarks
- No figure given for depth of tracks in shallow snow. In deep snow, while travelling some prints were 5 or 6 inches deep, although Glen, Thomas could not make a track even by jumping on the snow.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 28 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording
- Other report by this witness
- 5