Incident #1000830
Cle Elum, Kittitas Cty, Washington
Apr 1973
Account
Steve MacDonald quoted Jim Thress, manager of a sport store, as saying three youths from Kirkland saw 15-inch tracks in the snow coming downhill East of the West Fork of the Teanaway River, crossing over and going up the hill to the West. They followed until the tracks went onto bare rock. Location was several miles beyond the end of the road.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Kittitas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cle Elum
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 11
- Population of Town
- 1700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 4719--
- Longitude
- 12102--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- steep, valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Snow Condition
- snow
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Steve MacDonald phone call to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- JULY 1974
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1974
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Came From
- hillside
- Tracks Went to
- hillside
Witness
- Interviewer
- Jim Thress
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- motorcycle/ATV
- Track witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 16 to 20