Incident #1000368
Wildwood, Trinity, California
Jan 1966
Account
Archie Bradshaw, an employee at Lost Inn in Wildwood, quoted by Deputy Sheriff Sam Jackson as saying that he and Bob Kelly (or Kelley ), owner of the inn, saw a creature looking in the window at night. Kelly let his big police dog out, but it came back quaking with fear. Kelly and Bradshaw loaded a shotgun and a pistol and followed with a flashlight, but it outdistanced them. W.L. Hampton, Platina, Calif., told Jim McClarin (computer form) that Kelly shot at the creature with a shotgun and apparently hit it, and that drinking and a card game were going on in the tavern when this happened about 2 a.m. Hampton was there the next day and saw big tracks more than two feet deep in the snow, which went into Hayfork Creek. Newspaper story says creature was described as 7 feet tall, with a white, hairy chest and a pug nose. Not clear if this description comes from the tavern incident, as other sightings are referred to.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1966
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity
- Nearest Town
- Wildwood
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 35
- Latitude
- 40235-
- Longitude
- 123032-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Near or/at
- road
- Related incident id
- 1000536
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Snow Condition
- deep new
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- heavy snow
- Lighting
- light from habitation
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Redding Record-Searchlight, Jan. 10, '68. Also com
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1966
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1966
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Hair Colour
- white
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- Northwest
- Later Movement
- fled
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Water Activity
- wade in
- Use of Water
- travel
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Big police dog wouldn't chase it.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- footprints, blood
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.5
- Average Depth
- 30.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 10.00
- Observer Weight
- 210
- Stride in Inches Average
- long
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Human
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- Northwest
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft deep snow
- Relation to Water
- entering water
- Other Tracks
- dog tracks
- Tracks Went to
- water
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
- Remarks
- Tracks tore up snow as if running. Many had been obliterated by later spectators. They ended in the Hayfork Creek.
Witness 1
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- MAY 24 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- many
- Other report by this witness
- 2
Witness 2
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- W.L. Hampton
- Interview date
- JAN. 1966
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- inside building
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- chased, shot
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- many