Incident #1000929
Elma, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
May 1982
Account
Dennis Heryford was called to a location in the Porter Creek area, where a local pastor had found tracks while on an outing with a group of children. With Deputy Mike Behm, photos were taken and two of the four tracks cast. (size not given, but must have been in 15-16" range) On the opposite bank of the creek numerous additional tracks were found, heading downstream. They were followed 1.5 miles and lost at the edge of a clearcut.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 23 1982
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Elma
- Direction from Town
- East Southeast
- Population of Town
- 2700
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000926, 1000927, 1000928
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
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
- big
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- West
- Relation to Water
- near water
- Tracks Went to
- logged area
- Remarks
- Tracks followed for a mile and a half.
Witness
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Other report by this witness
- 4