Incident #1000686
Leadpoint, Stevens Cty, Washington
Oct 1949
Account
Ben Thompson said he saw a very large sasquatch at Leadpoint, watching it through a scope at 800 to 1000 yards, and tried to put his bear dogs on its trail, but they declined. It was heading West over the mountain towards Northport. Said tracks were of cripple-foot, but was very graceful. Said he had cast.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1949
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Stevens Cty
- Nearest Town
- Leadpoint
- Direction from Town
- West
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4824--
- Longitude
- 11738--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- hillside
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Ken Coon phone interview with Ben Thompson, also l
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1977
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1978
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Direction
- West
- Later Movement
- went up slope
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Dog wouldn't track it. Tracks showed it had a crippled foot, but movements were graceful.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Different Colour on
- face
- Second Colour
- grey
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Heel Width
- 5.0
- Estimated Age
- 15
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Foot Deformity Y/N
- Yes
- Bumps Y/N
- Yes
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Describe Deformity
- Left foot twisted inward like club foot.
- Remarks
- Description given is that of "Cripple-foot" casts. Thompson gave no description and his cast was not inspected, but he said it was the crippled track, with which he became familiar in 1970. If those tracks were faked, so much for this report.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ken Coon
- Interview date
- 1978
- Witness Saw with
- scope sight
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 61 to 70
- Other report by this witness
- 2