Incident #1000749
Cougar, Skamania Cty, Washington
Apr 1969
Account
Steve and Linda Adams had been fishing, drove to the end of the plowing on the road past Swift Reservoir, and at Clearwater Creek bridge, near Muddy River, Linda found tracks, too big for human, coming out of the creek, across the road and back into the creek. There is a deep pool under the bridge. They followed the creek a mile and a half, with snow everywhere, but could not find any more tracks on the banks. Tracks were melted out, but one showed clear toes.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skamania Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cougar
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 14
- Latitude
- 461005
- Longitude
- 1220154
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bridge
- Related incident id
- 1000817, 1001061, 1000813
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Snow Condition
- deep old
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Steve Adams, intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- MAR 08 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Relation to Water
- out then in
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- water
- Remarks
- Creature apparently travelled in the creek but did not want to wade or swim the deep pool in Clearwater Creek under the bridge.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MAR 08 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car, outside on foot
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording
- Other report by this witness
- 4