Incident #1000771
Leavenworth, Chelan Cty, Washington
Jul 1965
Account
Clarence Fox and his son Vernon hiked to a small lake four miles off the Cascade Crest Trail north of Stevens Pass. Coming out they found new humanlike tracks on the main trail, 17 inches long, with a 42-inch stride. They could not match the depth by jumping.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1965
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Chelan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Leavenworth
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 28
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 4750--
- Longitude
- 12109--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Prints too deep to match by jumping, 42-inch stride
- Related incident id
- 1000689, 1000690, 1000711, 1000729
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Substratum
- forest litter, fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
Source
- Source
- Clarence Fox
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 02 1970
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- 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
- 180
- Stride in Inches Average
- 42
- Longest
- 50
- Shortest
- 30
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 500
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Track Drag or Slide
- slide of heel
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Pattern of walk
- toe out
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- around
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud, dirt
- Remarks
- Less arch than a human foot. Feet slid back, forward and side in slick spots.
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Other report by this witness
- 5