Incident #1000872
Lake Wenatchee, Chelan Cty, Washington
Jan 1976
Account
Young man named Rick who lived on Nason Creek near Lake Wenatchee found by moonlight by his home tracks of three sizes, 22-inch, 17-inch, 11.5-inch. They went along the creek for miles, wandering all over islands and sandbars, impossible to tell basic direction of travel. Rick told Fred Long, and he and Neil Olson followed the tracks for over a mile. They planned to follow more next day, but it snowed heavily. Tracks were on deep, hard snow, and sank 1.5 inches. Men sank .5 inches. Largest tracks showed 4.5 to 5-foot stride.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 20 1976
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Chelan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lake Wenatchee
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 19
- Latitude
- 4750--
- Longitude
- 12043--
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Snow Condition
- deep old
Weather and light
- Heat
- cold
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Snow
- unusually deep
- Lighting
- moonlight
Source
- Source
- Fred Long intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- MAR 1976
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 3
- Footprint Length
- 22.0
- Average Depth
- 1.50
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.50
- Stride in Inches Average
- 57
- Longest
- 60
- Shortest
- 54
- Estimated Age
- 3
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10387, 10388
- Direction of Travel
- forth and back
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard deep snow
- Relation to Water
- near water
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 3
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Average Depth
- 1.50
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.50
- Estimated Age
- 3
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10386, 10388
- Direction of Travel
- forth and back
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard deep snow
- Relation to Water
- near water
Footprints 3
- Set of Tracks
- 3
- Footprint Length
- 11.5
- Average Depth
- 1.50
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.50
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10386, 10387
- Direction of Travel
- forth and back
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard deep snow
- Relation to Water
- near water
Witness
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several