Incident #1000373
Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California
Aug 1967
Account
Tracks were found on the road and circling around a parked water trailer. Typical Bluff Creek "15-inch" and "13-inch" tracks. Seen by John Green, Dale Moffit and Harold McCullough about three days later. John Green made casts and photos. Tracking dog showed no interest. Syl McCoy called John Green to tell him the tracks were there, but had not seen them himself. Many local roadbuilders had seen them. Same two tracks showed up the following evening farther north, both on mountain and in creek bed. Two days after that there were 12-inch tracks at this site.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 25 1967
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weitchpec
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 41192-
- Longitude
- 123454-
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- empty machine
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000373, 1000372, 1000374
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- East
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly large
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
Source
- Source
- John Green
- Source Type
- observation
- Source Date
- AUGUST 67
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- AUG 67
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Heel Width
- 5.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.25
- Stride in Inches Average
- 45
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- weeks
- Number of Tracks
- 7
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Ball of Foot
- double
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Ridge Behind Toes Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Claw Marks Y/N
- No
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Human
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Other footprint codes
- 10170
- Direction of Travel
- Northeast
- Material Tracks Made in
- gravel
- Tracks Came From
- trees
- Tracks Went to
- trees
- Trackmaker attracted by
- machine activity
- Remarks
- Tracking dog could not get scent.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Greates Width
- 5.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.25
- Observer Weight
- 180
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- weeks
- Number of Tracks
- 7
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Ball of Foot
- split
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Human
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Other footprint codes
- 10169
- Direction of Travel
- Northwest
- Material Tracks Made in
- gravel
- Tracks Came From
- trees
- Tracks Went to
- trees
- Trackmaker attracted by
- machine activity
- Remarks
- Tracking dog couldn't get scent.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- moderate
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- many
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Other report by this witness
- 4