Incident #1000928
Elma, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
Apr 1982
Account
Dennis Heryford was called to a location on the Chehalis River known as "Elma Gate Boat Launch" (not on 1:250,000 map) by Officer Jim Young of the Oakville police department. With Sgt. Veryl Hutchinson, attended and that day and next found about a mile of tracks 15 inches by 6.25 inches, with steps from 59 inches to 34 inches, upstream along the river. Heryford photographed and Hutchinson made a cast of the left foot.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 27 1982
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Elma
- Population of Town
- 2700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000926, 1000927, 1000929
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- 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
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 6.3
- Average Depth
- deep
- Longest
- 59
- Shortest
- 34
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Relation to Water
- near water
Witness
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Other report by this witness
- 4