Incident #1000918
Bellevue, King Cty, Washington
Feb 1985
Account
In the morning of Feb 9 Gladys Totland found huge footprints in the snow in her yard at Eastgate and 146th S.E. Joe Downham measured them just short of 18 inches, and 7 inches across the toes, sinking an inch in the frozen lawn. He took two photos, but they show little. He found that on the opposite side of the street there were tracks 24.25 iches long and 9 inches wide, 1.5 inches deep in the lawns. Downham followed the tracks for hours, through a completely built-up subdivision. They went over 4-foot fences without interrepution, entered back yards and went up under windows and back. The two sets travelled parallel but on opposite sides of the street. Mrs. Totland had been troubled by something shaking her house in the middle of the night and scratching at her door, terrifying her malamute.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 09 1985
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1985
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
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
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000915, 1000916, 1000917, 1000930
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- garden
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Substratum
- fine material
- Snow Condition
- shallow new
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree type
- mixed
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- some small
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- cultivated
Weather and light
- Snow
- normal
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Joe Downham writing to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1985
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1985
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10408
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow, frozen ground
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 24.5
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Average Depth
- 1.50
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10407
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow, frozen ground
Witness
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 61 to 70
- Other report by this witness
- 5