Incident #1000793
Woodland, Cowlitz Cty, Washington
Nov 1969
Account
At the Impi Calkins home at the end of Niemi Rd. E., Charles Kent went out to his car at night and saw a creature standing erect in the pastured up hill about 35 yards away. Thinking "bear" he went back in the house for a gun. He and others then found 18 tracks on the hill about 12" by 4.5", four times as deep as their own. The tracks showed only in an area where hauling logs with a tractor had left wet dirt instead of sod.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 23 1969
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Cowlitz Cty
- Nearest Town
- Woodland
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4558--
- Longitude
- 12239--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- Southwest
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- moderate
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- rain
- Lighting
- moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Form mailed to Ron Olson by Nancy McDaniels and Ch
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 12.0
- Greates Width
- 4.5
- Average Depth
- 1.80
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.50
- Observer Weight
- 155
- Stride in Inches Average
- 29
- Estimated Age
- 10
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Number of Tracks
- 18
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Direction of Travel
- forth and back
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Other Tracks
- yes
- Tracks Came From
- pasture
- Tracks Went to
- pasture
- Remarks
- Cattle tracks in field. Creature tracks showed only where log hauling had destroyed sod.
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 6
- Age
- 16 to 20