Incident #1000377
Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California
Oct 1967
Account
Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson were riding up the road beside Bluff Creek, sasquatch hunting, when they rounded a curve and saw a sasquatch by the far edge of the creek. Patterson took 16 mm. movie footage of it as it walked away, and they later cast two of the tracks it had left on the sandbar. Several days later Lyle Laverty took photos of one or two of the remaining tracks, and later still Bob Titmus made casts of eight of them, including one Laverty had photographed.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 20 1967
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Del Norte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 26
- Latitude
- 412638
- Longitude
- 1234201
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large female
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- Yes
- Tracks
- found immediately
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Bob Gimlin intv. by John Green. Also movie and con
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- OCT 1967
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1967
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- No hair on
- on palms, near eyes, on soles
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Shorter On
- midriff
- Face Colour
- dark
- Feet Colour
- light
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Beard Y/N
- No
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Expression
- angry
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead
- none
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- small nose
- Tail
- none
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Breast
- large
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- short
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Heel
- protruding
- Toes
- short
- Arms
- medium
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Spine
- hollow
- Hands
- large
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- getting up
- Direction
- North
- Later Movement
- got up, turned around, walked away
- Walking Stride
- medium
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- water
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Way of Walking
- heel and toe
- Knees
- always bent
- Describe Unsual
- df
- Genitals
- not visible
- Feet
- medium
- Foot Width
- medium
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- crouched
- Head Size
- medium
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 5.5
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Heel
- 0.50
- Ball
- 1.00
- Toes
- 0.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.25
- Observer Weight
- 150
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 400
- Stride in Inches Average
- 42
- Longest
- 65
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Number of Tracks
- 30
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Track Drag or Slide
- no drag or slide
- Ball of Foot
- split
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Ridge Behind Toes Y/N
- Yes
- 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
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- over
- Direction of Travel
- North
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand
- Tracks Came From
- shore
- Tracks Went to
- hillside
- Remarks
- Bob Titmus tracked creature on hillside after crossing the creek.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUL 16 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- horseback, sasq. hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached, photographed, made cast
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 4
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Tape or Video
- Audio and video