Incident #1000689
Telma, Chelan Cty, Washington
Aug 1953
Account
Clarence Fox and a friend hiking out through the canyon of the Napeequa River, generally considered impassable--12 miles took 3 days. One morning woke to find huge tracks in the gravel coming up to the opposite side of their fire, then crossing the river on a log. Impressions not distinct in coarse material, but bipedal and too big for a grizzly bear. Tracks indicated that the creature came to look at the camp as the men slept.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1953
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Chelan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Telma
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 9
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 35
- Latitude
- 4758--
- Longitude
- 12052--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- water
- Related incident id
- 1000690, 1000711, 1000729, 1000771
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- canyon
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- steep, valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- gravel
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
Source
- Source
- Clarence Fox, writing to John Green. Also conversa
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1960'S
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1960'S
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Heel
- 1.00
- Ball
- 1.00
- Toes
- 1.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- long
- Estimated Age
- 4
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- over
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Material Tracks Made in
- gravel
- Tracks Came From
- shore
- Tracks Went to
- fire
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1960'S
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Other report by this witness
- 5