Incident #1000923
Robe, Snohomish Cty, Washington
Sep 1980
Account
Dauglas Trapp was fishing in the Stillaguamish River upstream from the Mount Pilchuck road East of Verlot, when he found two tracks on a sandbar, 14 inches by 5.5 inches. He and Pat and Marie Macey made casts of a left and a right print, and found another right foot track five feet back where the creature had left the high bank to step to the sand. Presumed creature then entered the water.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 05 1980
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Snohomish Cty
- Nearest Town
- Robe
- Direction from Town
- East Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4804--
- Longitude
- 12144--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- sandbar
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Everett, Wash., Daily Herald, quoting Douglas Trap
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- SEP 11 1980
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1980
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 5.5
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 60
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Relation to Water
- near water
- Tracks Came From
- high bank
- Tracks Went to
- water
- Trackmaker attracted by
- water
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Track witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 21 to 30