Incident #1000442
Wildwood, Trinity Cty, California
Jul 1969
Account
Eldon Brackett, out looking for sasquatch tracks, saw an erect, very heavy, 7 1/2 foot, dark red brown creature run away through the brush. Found about 150 five-toed tracks in forest litter.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 04 1969
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wildwood
- Direction from Town
- South Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 400---
- Longitude
- 1231---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- East
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- many small
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- logging slash
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Eldon Brackett intv by Ben Foster Jr.
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- spacing
- wide set
- Eye shape
- round
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face, on palms
- Hair Length
- short
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Shorter On
- hands, head
- Hair Longer on
- chest, back, legs
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- short snout
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Lips
- thin
- Mouth Size
- small
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- normal
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Heel
- non-protruding
- Toes
- short
- Arms
- medium
- Spine
- ridged
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- Southeast
- Later Movement
- fled
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Odour
- mild
- Reaction
- fled from
- Way of Walking
- flat foot
- Knees
- always bent
- Feet
- large
- Foot Width
- wide
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.5
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Heel Width
- 5.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Heel
- 0.25
- Ball
- 0.75
- Toes
- 0.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.25
- Observer Weight
- 187
- Stride in Inches Average
- 50
- Longest
- 60
- Shortest
- 36
- Estimated Age
- 0
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 150
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Ball of Foot
- double
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Pattern of walk
- toe in
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- Southeast
- Material Tracks Made in
- forest litter
- Remarks
- Prints in forest litter that would show split in ball of foot most unlikely.
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ben Foster Jr.
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 3