Incident #1000367
Platina, Shasta Cty, California
1966
Account
W.L. Hampton and his wife came home after two days away and found their door broken off its hinges aand tracks 17 to 18 inches long and 5 to 6 inches deep, with a long stride, sunk 8 inches deep in the snow around their residence on the south side of Hwy 36. Where the tracks climbed a snowbank across the road there were elbow prints with hair impressions. The creature had apparently made steps with its elbows. Their dog, which had been left home alone, was alright. They thought the print maker might have spent a night inside the house, but nothing was disturbed.
When
- Year
- 1966
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Shasta Cty
- Nearest Town
- Platina
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 40222-
- Longitude
- 122553-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- crossing
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Substratum
- grass
- Snow Condition
- deep old
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
Source
- Source
- W.L. Hampton intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 24 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.5
- Greates Width
- 5.5
- Average Depth
- 8.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 4.00
- Observer Weight
- 210
- Stride in Inches Average
- long
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- good
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Direction of Travel
- North
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard deep snow
- Other Marks
- elbow prints
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human shelter
- Remarks
- Tracks not followed after they went over bank across road. Not stated where they came from. Elbow prints were apparently made to make steps in hard snow bank.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- MAY 24 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Other report by this witness
- 2