Incident #1000325
Willow Creek, Humboldt Cty, California
1956
Account
Neta Bussell was out gathering walnuts when she saw some tracks in sand left on the road by an overflow of Sanders Creek. One track 16 inches long, the other 8 inches, half dozen in total, general shape only, no clear toes.
When
- Year
- 1956
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Willow Creek
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 350
- Elevation/Altitude
- 5
- Latitude
- 40562-
- Longitude
- 123375-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- Mrs. Neta Bussell intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 70
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUL 70
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Average Depth
- 0.25
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.25
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Other footprint codes
- 10120
- Direction of Travel
- Northwest
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Tracks Came From
- road
- Tracks Went to
- road
- Remarks
- Tracks crossed shallow sand left on paved road by creek overflow.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 8.0
- Average Depth
- 0.25
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.25
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Other footprint codes
- 10120
- Direction of Travel
- Southwest
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Tracks Came From
- road
- Tracks Went to
- road
- Remarks
- These small tracks were with 16 inch tracks on strip of sand, deposited on paved road by creek overflow.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUL 6 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 51 to 60