Incident #1000795
Bossburg, Stevens Cty, Washington
Dec 1969
Account
Ivan Marx and Rene Dahinden, checking some meat Marx had put out, found 1089 cripple-foot tracks in 3 to 4 inches of snow, coming from the edge of Lake Roosevelt (Columbia River) going along the railway, crossing the highway, heading for the hills, where they wandered in a brushy area, then back across the flat and the highway to the edge of the river, where the creature appeared to have slid down a steep bank into the water. At four places the creature stepped over a 43-inch barbed wire fence. Some thick, heavy, black hairs collected from one fence. Dahinden found these tracks very impressive. Low credibility number because of Marx' subsequent hoaxes. and
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 14 1969
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Stevens Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bossburg
- Direction from Town
- North Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 14
- Latitude
- 48484-
- Longitude
- 117582-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- railroad
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000794
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Snow Condition
- shallow new
- Cover
- spotty
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- rain
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Bulletin No. 12. Also Rene Dahinden intv.
- 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
- Stride in Inches Average
- 50
- Longest
- 57
- Shortest
- 43
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 1089
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- 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 Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10351
- Direction of Travel
- forth and back
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- water
- Remarks
- Left foot only. Right foot crippled (10351) Tracks crossed 43-inch barbed-wire fence four times.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.5
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Heel Width
- 5.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 50
- Longest
- 57
- Shortest
- 43
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 1089
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- 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 Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10350
- Direction of Travel
- forth and back
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard shallow snow
- Describe Deformity
- Foot twisted towards the arch, with large bumps on the outside edge and the second and third toes one big blob.
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- water
- 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
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Other report by this witness
- 4