Incident #1000536
Wildwood, Trinity, California
Jun 1969
Account
At Wildwood, Ben Foster was told that two weeks earlier a sasquatch was seen fighting with the neighbourhood dogs. The noise was heard by Bob Kelley and his family, who saw the creature throw dogs 4 to 5 feet in the air. As people arrived it retreated up a fairly steep embankment. It was about 6 feet tall, had dark brown hair, a pale brown face with no hair on it, a flat nose, large nostrils. Tracks were about 14 inches long. Foster saw only marks that looked like heel and toe prints. (Note on file card says George Haas collected hair tufts, indicating that he must have gone there and found that the story checked out.)
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity
- Nearest Town
- Wildwood
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 35
- Latitude
- 40235-
- Longitude
- 123032-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Super Human Action
- Fighting with dogs, threw them 4 to 5 feet in the air
- Related incident id
- 1000368
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Snow Condition
- deep new
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Bulletin No. 7, letter from Ben E. Foster
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Colour
- light
- Nose
- no snout
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Movement
- fighting
- Later Movement
- went up slope
- Aggressive To
- dogs
- Arms Used
- for throwing
- Object Handled
- animal
- Reaction
- avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was fighting with dogs, threw them 4 to 5 feet in the air. No indication of serious damage.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Estimated Age
- 0
- Age Unit
- hours
- Track Condition
- poor
Witness
- Interviewer
- Ben Foster
- Interview date
- JULY 1969
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- No of witnesses
- several
- Track witnesses
- several