Incident #1000847
Puyallup, Pierce Cty, Washington
Jan 1975
Account
Robert Beckhamp, in car watching for coon tracks, found tracks 14" by 7" going at an angle across a dirt road leading South from Shaw Road just North of Forest Green subdivision. Mark Pittenger had a cast. John Green took pictures next day, when only two prints remained.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 23 1975
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Pierce Cty
- Nearest Town
- Puyallup
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 18000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 3
- Latitude
- 4709--
- Longitude
- 12216--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- easy
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Rainfall
- wet
Source
- Source
- Mark Pittenger quoting Robert Beckhamp
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JAN 24 1975
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1975
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Number of Tracks
- 7
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Remarks
- These tracks were in poor shape, but were either genuine or a deliberate hoax.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Mark Pittenger
- Interview date
- JAN 24 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting, in car
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 16 to 20