Incident #1000470
Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California
Jul 1960
Account
Bud Ryerson said that on main logging road at Pecwan (where Pecwan Creek meets the Klamath River) tracks 18" by 7" with four toes were found, made while a 25-man crew was having lunch within 150 yards. There was an odd odour like rotten eggs, and broken branches where it had gone through the brush. Prints were 7 feet apart.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 09 1960
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1960
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- noon
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weitchpec
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 4120--
- Longitude
- 12349--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Eureka, CA, Humboldt Times, from Bud Ryerson. Also
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUL 12 1967
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1967
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Heel Width
- narrow
- Stride in Inches Average
- 84
- Estimated Age
- 0
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Material Tracks Made in
- deep dust
- Tracks Came From
- high bank
- Tracks Went to
- road, trees
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- SEPT 1967
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Track witnesses
- many
- Age
- 51 to 60
- Other report by this witness
- 3