Incident #1000779
Marietta, Whatcom Cty, Washington
Oct 1967
Account
Beside the woodshed behind her house (East bank of Nooksack River across from Lummi Indian Reserve) Martha Washington found 18-inch tracks, fairly shapeless, very deep in soft muddy patches left after heavy rains. Tracks were not continuous as some areas were still hard, others were under running water. The tracks were headed toward the bush behind the house, and the maker had apparently ducked under a clothesline 5 feet high. Indian Reserve)
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Whatcom Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marietta
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 0.6
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 484720
- Longitude
- 1223515
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000736, 1000773, 1000782
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material, grass
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- wet
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- Mrs. Martha Washington intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 25 1967
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Average Depth
- 12.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 2.50
- Observer Weight
- 150
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 7
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- under
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Tracks Went to
- bushes
- Remarks
- Tracks only in muddy spots, not continuous. Creature had apparently ducked under a clothesline 5 feet off ground.
Witness
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUN 25 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 51 to 60