Incident #1000745
Carson, Skamania Cty, Washington
Mar 1969
Account
John Durrell, his wife and two friends found huge tracks in the snow on the Durrells' recreational property on the lower reaches of Bear Creek. They reported the tracks to the sheriff's office almost two weeks later, and a group consisting of Sheriff Bill Closner, deputy Jack Wright, Roy Craft, Rich Curran and Ed McLarney went to the site, where a single track, 22 in. by 7.5 in. was found in a patch of snow and a sulphur cast was made.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 08 1969
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skamania Cty
- Nearest Town
- Carson
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 400
- Elevation/Altitude
- 6
- Latitude
- 45454-
- Longitude
- 121490-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000746
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Snow Condition
- shallow old
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly large
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
Weather and light
- Heat
- cold
- Snow
- unusually deep
Source
- Source
- John Durrell intv. by Dick Grover. Also Skamania C
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 13 1970
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 22.0
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Heel Width
- 4.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 63
- Shortest
- 53
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
Witness
- Interviewer
- Dick Grover
- Interview date
- JUN 13 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Track witnesses
- 9