Incident #1000443
Hayfork, Trinity Cty, California
Oct 1973
Account
Marron Grissom and Ron McLeod were sitting at campfire in a small clearing after walking 10 miles up Little Barker Creek when they heard a rustling on the hill nearby. They turned on their flashlights and saw two creatures standing on a deer trail, both 9' or more tall and covered with dark brown hair. With the light on them the creatures stayed still, looking towards the men, for about 15 minutes, then turned around and walked back down the trail at a brisk pace. Left tracks which Ben Foster saw later, about 400 of them, 18" by 9" with 54" stride. About 25 clear, 5 toes, double ball.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 06 1973
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hayfork
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 403---
- Longitude
- 1230---
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- going along
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- mixed size
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- soft vegetation
- General undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- flashlight, bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Marron Grissom intv by Ben Foster Jr.
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- spacing
- average
- Eye shape
- round
- Human like Y/N
- No
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Thin on
- midriff
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Shorter On
- chest
- Hair Longer on
- back, legs
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- dark
- Feet Colour
- dark
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Beard Y/N
- Yes
- Projecting Jaw Y/N
- Yes
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Expression
- startled
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Forehead
- low
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- no snout
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Lips
- thin
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- short
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Heel
- normal
- Toes
- medium
- Toe Shape
- straight
- Arms
- medium
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Spine
- ridged
- Hands
- large
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Thumb
- short
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- Northwest
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- smells, human sounds, human activity
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Use of Water
- travel
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Way of Walking
- flat foot
- Knees
- always bent
- Feet
- medium
- Foot Width
- wide
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- turned around, walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Heel Width
- 7.5
- Average Depth
- 1.75
- Heel
- 1.50
- Ball
- 1.00
- Toes
- 1.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.75
- Observer Weight
- 200
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 800
- Stride in Inches Average
- 54
- Longest
- 60
- Shortest
- 50
- Estimated Age
- 3
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 400
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Track Drag or Slide
- no drag or slide
- Ball of Foot
- double
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Ridge Behind Toes Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Human
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Direction of Travel
- Northwest
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt, mud, forest litter
- Remarks
- Creatures appeared to have been rummaging for food, moving rocks. They followed a ridge running with a creek..
Witness 1
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ben Foster Jr.
- Interview date
- JUN 12 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, at fire
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 21 to 30
Witness 2
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Other report by this witness
- 2