Incident #1000927
Elma, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
Apr 1982
Account
Dennis Heryford was called to a location on the Satsop River known as Worman's Bar (not on 1:250,000 map) to see two sets of tracks that came out of the river together, going Westerly until they disappeared in hard-packed gravel. One set measured 17 by 7.5 inches, the other 15.25 by 6 inches, and were made in hard-packed sand, indicating great weight. Steps were from 39 inches to 52 inches. Returned with plaster to make casts, but prints had been trampled.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 22 1982
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Elma
- Population of Town
- 2700
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- sandbar
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000926, 1000928, 1000929
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Unofficial report by Deputy Dennis Heryford, Gray'
- Source Type
- police report
- Source Date
- JUL 2 1982
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- JUN 85
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Average Depth
- deep
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 600
- Stride in Inches Average
- 46
- Longest
- 52
- Shortest
- 39
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10414
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Relation to Water
- leaving water
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- sandbar
- Remarks
- Not stated which set of tracks step length refers.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 15.5
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- deep
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10413
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Relation to Water
- leaving water
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- sandbar
Witness
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Other report by this witness
- 4