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Incident #1000481

Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California

1963

Approximate location, as recorded.

When

Year
1963

Where

State / province
California
County
Del Norte Cty
Nearest Town
Orleans
Direction from Town
Northwest
Distance from Town
12
Population of Town
200
Elevation/Altitude
20
Latitude
41245-
Longitude
123432-

What was seen

Individuals
one large, sex unknown
Total Individuals
1
Population Status
wild
First Seen
on
Terrain Object
road
Near or/at
empty machine
Super Human Action
Threw barrel of deisel off road
Multiple Sightings Y/N
Yes
Shot Hit
No

Witnesses

Report type
1st person

Setting

Terrain
valley, hillside
Exact Terrain
dirt road
Slope
steep
Slope Faced
East
Nearby Water
creek
Substratum
fine material
Cover
heavy
Tree size
mostly large
Tree condition
mostly mature
Tree type
mixed
General
none
Undergrowth
moderate
Undergrowth size
low
Undergrowth type
hard stemmed
General undergrowth
none
Species
oak, fir, pine

Source

Source
Dave Blake intv. by John Green
Source Type
interview
Source Date
1967
Source reliability
7
Incident reliablility
6
Jwg file date
1967
Incident type
2

Creature description

Aggressive To
fuel barrel
Arms Used
for picking up, for throwing
Object Handled
manmade object
Other Unusual Y/N
Yes
Describe Unsual
Threw fuel barrel off the road.
Evidence Left
footprints

Footprints

Set of Tracks
1
Footprint Length
big
Material Tracks Made in
dirt
Trackmaker attracted by
machine activity
Remarks
Tracks indicated that Bigfoot had thrown a barrel of deisel oil off the road.

Witness

Interviewer
John Green
Interview date
1967
Track witnesses
several
Other report by this witness
2