Incident #1000306
Tiller, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Feb 1969
Account
John Powell and Willie Penley and Jack Heritage saw tracks in mud on an old skid road slightly South of Mod Est mine, between Coffee Creek and South Umqua River. They were 13 inches long with a 4-foot stride. Followed for a half mile until they left the road. Penley made cast.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 01 1969
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Tiller
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 4305--
- Longitude
- 12257--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- sparse
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- logging slash
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Snow
- unusually little
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- light snow
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
Source
- Source
- John Powell
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Average Depth
- .75
- Observer Print Depth
- .25
- Observer Weight
- 148
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 600
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- over
- Direction of Travel
- South
- Remarks
- Tracks were following a canyon.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Ron Olson
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Track witnesses
- 3