Incident #1000729
Berne, Chelan Cty, Washington
Sep 1967
Account
Clarance Fox with five grade 9 students on a hike in to Lake Valhalla off the Cascade Crest Trail, North of Stevens Pass. On the way out smelled strong smell, then found large tracks in damp patches on the trail which were not there when they went in. Next day student Lynn Madden returned and made a cast, of a track that was not there the day before. Alpine Club members reported tracks the same day two miles away. Tracks were 17" by 8".About the same period Clarence Fox heard of big tracks on the Deception Creek Trail, 10 miles Southwest of Stevens Pass.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 17 1967
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- afternoon
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Chelan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Berne
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 47463-
- Longitude
- 121051-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000689, 1000690, 1000711, 1000771
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- dry
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
Source
- Source
- Clarence Fox entry. Also Wenatchee, Wash., World,
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Average Depth
- 1.25
- Heel
- 1.25
- Ball
- 1.25
- Toes
- 1.25
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.50
- Observer Weight
- 190
- Stride in Inches Average
- 45
- Estimated Age
- 5
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Number of Tracks
- 7
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Human
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- Northeast
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Remarks
- Bad smell noted just before tracks found. Clarence Fox could not begin to duplicate track depth by jumping up and down. The creature was apparently startled and ran off, up on its toes.
Witness 1
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Fox mailed computer form
- Interview date
- MAY 02 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking, sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- 6
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Other report by this witness
- 5
Witness 2
- Interviewer
- Clarence Fox
- Interview date
- SEP 1966
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 11 to 16