Incident #1000556
Strawberry, Tuolomne Cty, California
1971
Account
This is a catch-all incident report to cover the various sizes of tracks reported found in 1971, at various places, some of them distant from the camp. Warren Johnson states that the creatures seemed to be communicating with each other, that they seemed to know what the people were doing, even when they were inside the leanto, that they could open plastic packages of cold meat by tearing, that they always put utensils back in place after eating or drinking from them, and that they appeared to try to avoid leaving tracks. They took only cooked food, didn't both deer carcasses, and the horses seemed undisturbed by them, there were even sasquatch tracks mingling with horse tracks where the horses were tied 50 feet from the leanto. Sounds were taped on several occasions.
When
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Tuolomne Cty
- Nearest Town
- Strawberry
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 85
What was seen
- Individuals
- other group of large and small
- Total Individuals
- several
- Population Status
- wild
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000554, 1000555, 1000557, 1000560
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- 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
- pine, fir, alder
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
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
- 2
Creature description
- Sound
- whistle, chatter, panting, grunt, growl, other, shout
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- meat, human activity
- Describe Unsual
- On some occasions horses present at camp, did not appear concerned about mysterious visitors.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 5
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10254, 10255, 10256, 10257
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand, dirt
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 5
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10253, 10255, 10256, 10257
Footprints 3
- Set of Tracks
- 5
- Footprint Length
- 11.0
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10253, 10254, 10256, 10257
Footprints 4
- Set of Tracks
- 5
- Footprint Length
- 9.0
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10253, 10254, 10255, 10257
Footprints 5
- Set of Tracks
- 5
- Footprint Length
- 7.0
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10253, 10254, 10255, 10256
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 41 to 50