Incident #1000342
Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California
1960
Account
Bill Oden was taken at night to see the tracks and was not sure where he was other than it was on a road off the Bluff Creek road. Two sets of tracks, one about 16 x 8 inches, one about 13 x 6 inches, about 100 of each. Probably the "15-inch" and "13-inch" seen together on other occasions that year. Small tracks meandered, larger ones did not. Also seen by Brian and Peter Byrne, Travis Richardson, Jess Paschal, Betty Allen, Mrs. Oden. (Oden is not sure about the date, so this could possibly be the same incident as one of the others where the two tracks were seen in 1960. There is no overlap in witness' names, however.)
When
- Year
- 1960
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weitchpec
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 412---
- Longitude
- 1234---
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
- Related incident id
- 1000341, 1000339, 1000611
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- Bill Oden intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 70
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 70
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Estimated Age
- 3
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 100
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Human
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- South
- Material Tracks Made in
- deep dust
- Remarks
- Other people had been to see the tracks before Oden was there., These tracks meandered, the larger ones did not.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Estimated Age
- 3
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 100
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- South
- Material Tracks Made in
- deep dust
Witness
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUN 28 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- 6
- Other report by this witness
- 2