Incident #1000978
Quartzville, Linn Cty, Oregon
1930's
Account
A friend, a former deputy sheriff, told Francis Williams, 460 Tangent St., Lebanon, Oregon, that around the 1930's or early 40's he and another person were going up a trail to a mine near Quartzville when they came to a boggy place and found huge tracks in the mud. They were the length of the stock of his gun, which was about 18 inches, and about 11 inches wide. He took them for bear tracks.
When
- Year
- 1930's
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Linn Cty
- Nearest Town
- Quartzville
- Population of Town
- 100
- Latitude
- 443---
- Longitude
- 1222---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- wet
Source
- Source
- Francis Williams, Lebanon, Oregon, quoting an unna
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1971
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 11.0
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Interviewer
- Francis Williams, 460 Tangent St., Lebanon, Oregon
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2