Incident #1000441
Platina, Trinity Cty, California
Jun 1970
Account
Archie Buckley, sasquatch hunting, awake in vehicle with meat and fish baits set out in campground, listened to footfalls considered to be bipedal, then switched on flashlight and held it on a tall, dark, erect creature about 100 feet away. It disappeared while light was off it as he reached for a flash camera. Next morning found six poor 15" to 16" tracks in pine needles and one in soft soil which showed five toes.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 17 1970
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Platina
- Direction from Town
- South Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 401350
- Longitude
- 1225819
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000440, 1000545
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- mixed size
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- grass
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- windy
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Archie Buckley intv by Jim McClarin. Also Bigfoot
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eyes
- small
- spacing
- average
- Reflection
- reflected white
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- medium
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- meat, fish, human activity
- Describe Unsual
- Could see it only from waist up.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.5
- Greates Width
- 6.7
- Heel Width
- 4.3
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Observer Weight
- 160
- Stride in Inches Average
- 40
- Longest
- 48
- Shortest
- 36
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 7
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Other footprint codes
- 10203
- Material Tracks Made in
- forest litter, dirt
- Trackmaker attracted by
- meat, fish, human activity
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUN 23 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting, in car
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Other report by this witness
- 3