Incident #1000952
Florence, Lane Cty, Oregon
1905
Account
C.E. Dixon and another man returning from seashore towards Florence, saw huge tracks on a flat covered with small evergreens, near a small stream. Stick cut to track length measured 18 inches. Thought they were huge grizzly tracks. (No grizzlies in Oregon)
When
- Year
- 1905
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Florence
- Direction from Town
- West
- Population of Town
- 4400
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 4358--
- Longitude
- 12407--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- delta
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek, ocean
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many small
Source
- Source
- C.E. Dixon writing to Nick Wells
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- MAR 10 1974
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 2
- Jwg file date
- APR 1975
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Relation to Water
- near water
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- over 70