Incident #1000895
Granite Falls, Snohomish Cty, Washington
Dec 1977
Account
Dan Becker, Snohomish, on a logging road on Green Mountain looking for a place to sled, found two sets of tracks in snow, 17 inches and 14 inches, with huge strides. Tracks went along the road 150 t0 200 yards, then up a high bank into the timber. Jerry Phillips. Everett, took photos and made casts three days later, but by then there had been melting, freezing and new snow.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 29 1977
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Snohomish Cty
- Nearest Town
- Granite Falls
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 900
- Latitude
- 4507--
- Longitude
- 3214---
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- steep
- Snow Condition
- snow
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Everett, Wash., Herald, quoting Jerry Phillips
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 03 1978
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1978
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 78
- Longest
- 84
- Shortest
- 72
- Number of Tracks
- 100
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Came From
- road
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 6.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 42
- Longest
- 48
- Shortest
- 36
- Number of Tracks
- 120
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Came From
- road
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Track witnesses
- 2