Incident #1000743
Brinnon, Jefferson Cty, Washington
1968
Account
Marge Davenport, husband Dennis and daughter Peggy were walking on a logging road beyond the end of the Duckabush River Road, in about 300 inches of snow. Found 200 yards of tracks a lot larger than sized 12 boots, showing toes, long strides, jumped of five-foot bank onto road, left road down into canyon. Not followed off road.
When
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Jefferson Cty
- Nearest Town
- Brinnon
- Direction from Town
- West
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4740--
- Longitude
- 1230---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- canyon
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Snow Condition
- shallow new
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Marge Davenport
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Number of Tracks
- 150
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- fair
- Human
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- high bank
- Tracks Went to
- canyon
- Remarks
- Tracks were much larger than size 12 boot, and stride more than a big man could make. They were headed down the logging road. There were human tracks on the other side of the road.
Witness
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 3