Incident #1000343
Willow Creek, Humboldt Cty, California
1960 to 1961
Account
Neta Bussell, her husband Clem and son Clem Jr. were driving just north of Willow Creek when they saw some huge tracks in sand on the road. Tracks were about 16 inches long, measured with Clem Jr.'s shoe. There was also what they considered to be the heel of a hand print, and a place in grass by the roadside where something large appeared to have lain down.
When
- Year
- 1960 to 1961
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Willow Creek
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 5
- Latitude
- 4056--
- Longitude
- 12338--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- Neta Bussell intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Average Depth
- 0.18
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.18
- Stride in Inches Average
- long
- Age Unit
- weeks
- Number of Tracks
- 8
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Direction of Travel
- North
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Other Marks
- hand heel printhand
- Remarks
- Tracks crossed a patch of sand on the paved road.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUN 07 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Track witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 61 to 70