Incident #1000794
Bossburg, Stevens Cty, Washington
Nov 1969
Account
Joe Rhodes and Ivan Marx found several tracks at a place where residents had been dumping junk, near the intersection of Hwy. 25 and Williams Lake Road. Left foot 17.5' by 6.6", right foot twisted inward, 16.5" by 7". Low credibility rating because of Marx' subsequent hoaxes. There had been a report to the sheriff's office in April, 1969, by a woman who told of seeing two big upright animals raiding a roadside garbage can at approximately this same location, but the woman was never identified. (Peggy Marx maybe?) The same cripple-foot tracks were also reported seen at a boat-launch ramp and in mud near Swede Pass, 4 miles East of this report, in the fall of 1969. Not sure which incident casts were made. Grover Krantz very impressed with authentic structure of crippled foot cast.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 24 1969
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Stevens Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bossburg
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 6
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 14
- Latitude
- 484752
- Longitude
- 1180000
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- garbage dump
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000795
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Bulletin No. 12 report by Rene Dahinden. A
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.5
- Greates Width
- 6.5
- Heel Width
- 5.5
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Foot Deformity Y/N
- No
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10351
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Remarks
- Left foot only. Right foot crippled (10351)
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.5
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Heel Width
- 5.5
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Foot Deformity Y/N
- Yes
- Bumps Y/N
- Yes
- Size of Toes
- toes all about the same
- Longest Toe
- other
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10350
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Describe Deformity
- Foot twisted towards the arch, with large bumps on the outside edge and the second and third toes one big blob.
- Remarks
- Longest toe the 4th toe, 2nd or 3rd toe missing, or grown together. Left foot was normal (10350)
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- DEC 1969
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Other report by this witness
- 4