Incident #1000916
Bellevue, King Cty, Washington
about 1980
Account
Joe Downham found and measered a 16.5-inch footprint like a naked human foot near a broken rose bush in his garden. He also found toe prints in a rockery flower bed and three quarters of a print at the base of a dogwood tree. The previous night while watering his garden, he had seen two huge humanlike shadows from his yard lights pass across his house, but could see nothing looking towards the lights. He has also had bullrushes in his pond pulled up and the ends chewed off, and something steals his carp and strips his fruit trees.
When
- Year
- about 1980
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- King Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bellevue
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 0.1
- Population of Town
- 75000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 4
- Latitude
- 47342-
- Longitude
- 122083-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000915, 1000917, 1000918, 1000930
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- garden
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree type
- mixed
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- some small
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- cultivated
- Species
- dogwood
Source
- Source
- Joe Downham writing to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1985
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1985
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.5
- Estimated Age
- 10
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 61 to 70
- Other report by this witness
- 5