Incident #1000366
Willow Creek, Humboldt Cty, California
Dec 1964
Account
Ray Bolencamp came out in the early morning and found tracks on his back porch. They came downhill from a spring to the back door of his house on Hwy 299, apparently lingered by back door, then out driveway over a slight hill. Prints about 16 inches long, sank 2 1/2 to 3 feet in the snow and had a stride of about 50 inches. He did not try to follow.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1964
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Willow Creek
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 40560-
- Longitude
- 123410-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Super Human Action
- 50-inch stride more than 2 feet deep in snow
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Snow Condition
- deep new
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- cold
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Snow
- unusually deep
Source
- Source
- Ray Bolencamp intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 27 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Average Depth
- 27.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 50
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 80
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- poor
- Feet in Line?
- spread wide apart
- Direction of Travel
- Northwest
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft deep snow
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human shelter
Witness
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUN 27 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50