Incident #1000555
Strawberry, Tuolomne Cty, California
1971
Account
This report concerns the only sighting report in the series. Louis (Lewis?) Johnson watching through a small opening in their log shelter saw a creature start across a patch of bright moonlight. It bounded away when he made a noise. Estimated height 10 feet, and 4 feet across the shoulders. Tracks found in the morning measured 22 inches, with a 60-inch stride, and were 56 inches apart from side to side, the only time something like this was observed.
When
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Tuolomne Cty
- Nearest Town
- Strawberry
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 85
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- camp
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000554, 1000556, 1000557, 1000560
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- many large
- Species
- alder, fir, pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 3
Source
- Source
- Warren C. Johnson writing to Ivan Sanderson. Also
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1972
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 10 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- fled
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- No description of sounds written in connection with sighting account, but presumably there were some.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 22.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 60
- Feet in Line?
- spread wide apart
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 31 to 40