Incident #1000424
Pear Blossom, Los Angeles Cty, California
Nov 1973
Account
Mrs. Margaret Bailey was waiting in a car at the South Fork campground while her husband and other California Bigfoot Organization members were out on patrol, when she saw a big black erect form, two or three feet taller than the little trees, about 70 yards away. It walked in front of a white trailer. She drove away. Later the men found tracks 21" by 10 1/2" at the base of the hill, with a 12 foot stride. They sank 3 1/2 to 4" where a heavy man sank 1/2". Tracks were found in the vicinity of this campground more than once. (1000423)
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 11 1973
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Pear Blossom
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 11
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 34243-
- Longitude
- 117512-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000423
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- Species
- birch
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Rich Grumley intv with Mrs. Margaret Bailey
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 7
- Jwg file date
- 1974
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Height
- over 14 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- did not see
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 21.0
- Greates Width
- 10.5
- Average Depth
- 3.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.50
- Observer Weight
- 290
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Rich Grumley
- Interview date
- 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording