Incident #1000548
Big Sur, Monterey Cty, California
about 1970
Account
Al King submitted a report by Harvey Alan Katz, who said that on a back pack trip to Big Sur, Ventana Primitive Area, he and another person were walking up Lion Creek from the Big Sur River, about two miles up the creek, when they saw very fresh footprints in wet sand, 19 to 20 inches long and with a stride of as much as 66 inches. They were very deep in the sand and also in mud and dirt, and were followed from just past the first waterfall for two miles to the second waterfall. There the hill was too steep to follow up the mountainside, and branches, rocks and debris were falling down. Prints were human type but with strangely shaped toes. Whatever it was had strong arches.
When
- Year
- about 1970
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Monterey Cty
- Nearest Town
- Big Sur
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Population of Town
- 50
- Latitude
- 36161-
- Longitude
- 121434-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Bulletin No. 26, Al King quoting Harvey Al
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- 1971
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 19.5
- Longest
- 66
- Estimated Age
- 0
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand, mud, dirt
- Tracks Came From
- shore
- Tracks Went to
- hillside
- Remarks
- Toes "strangely shaped", seemed to have strong arches. Followed for two miles, sometimes at a run. Believe they were right behind when creature noisily ascended steep hill.
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20