Incident #1000472
Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California
1961
Account
On opening the logging road above Pecwan in the spring, Bud Ryerson found Bigfoot tracks near the end of the road.
When
- Year
- 1961
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weitchpec
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4120--
- Longitude
- 12348--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Bud Ryerson intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 2
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- SEPT 1967
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 51 to 60
- Other report by this witness
- 3