Incident #1000528
Weaverville, Trinity Cty, California
1968
Account
A friend of Bob Betts said that his friend, Mark Gottschalk, was one of 13 men fighting a fire in the Trinity Alps in 1968 who saw three hairy manlike animals at fairly close range. They packed their gear and left without making sure the fire was out.
When
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weaverville
- Direction from Town
- North
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Latitude
- 405---
- Longitude
- 1225---
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than two, sex unknown (large)
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Source
- Source
- Bob Betts quoting a friend of Mark Gottschalk
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- No of witnesses
- several