Incident #1000326
Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California
1958
Account
On way to work in the morning, saw two sets of tracks in deep dust on a road that branched off the Onion Mountain road west of Bluff Creek. Oil drums had been tipped over, apparently by the track makers. Earliest report of "Bigfoot" tracks at Bluff Creek in 1958 to turn up in the computer survey. Also first report of large and medium-sized tracks together, approx 16 inches and 12 inches.
When
- Year
- 1958
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weitchpec
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 27
- Latitude
- 41204-
- Longitude
- 123443-
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- North
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- Bob Wahlund, intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 70
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUL 70
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Average Depth
- 1.50
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 100
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Other footprint codes
- 10122
- Direction of Travel
- South, downhill
- Material Tracks Made in
- deep dust
- Trackmaker attracted by
- machine activity
- Remarks
- First report of the 1958 "Bigfoot" series in the Bluff Creek, valley.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 12.0
- Average Depth
- 1.50
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 50
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Other footprint codes
- 10121
- Direction of Travel
- South, downhill
- Material Tracks Made in
- deep dust
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
- Remarks
- First of 1958 Bluff Creek "Bigfoot" reports, and first report of, large and medium tracks together. Possibly the "15-inch" and, "13-inch" seen together on later occasions.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUL 18 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- roadbuilding, outside on foot
- Track witnesses
- several
- Other report by this witness
- 5