Incident #1000765
Roslyn, Kittitas Cty, Washington
Jul 1940
Account
Mrs. Mildred Farris and Edward Johnson were looking over an old mine site at the top of Paddy Go Easy Pass, above the upper Cle Elum River, 4.5 miles from Fish Lake (not on map). Later they found 20-inch footprints with a four-foot stride following theirs in deep dust. The creature had apparently been in the mine.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1940
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Kittitas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Roslyn
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 4729--
- Longitude
- 12058--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- ridge crest
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- moderate
- General
- some large
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Ron Olson intv Mrs. Mildred Farris
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Heel Width
- 5.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Direction of Travel
- South
- Material Tracks Made in
- deep dust
- Other Tracks
- sheep
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
- Remarks
- Tracks turned into a trail leading to an old mine, then from there followed the witnesses tracks.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Ron Olson
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore, hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2