Incident #1000983
Bend, Deschutes Cty, Oregon
Dec 1969
Account
Jop Morgan, former director of Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort, said that in late 1959 he saw very large unusual footprints at about 7000 feet, which had not been made by snowshoes and were not melted out. (Presume Mt. Bachelor to be Bachelor Butte, where a ski area shows on the map) Morgan was an experienced hunter, naturalist and biologist.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Deschutes Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bend
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 18000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 70
- Latitude
- 4351--
- Longitude
- 12139--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Slope
- steep
- Snow Condition
- snow
Source
- Source
- Lee Trippett quoting Jop Morgan
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1965
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1965
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Lee Trippett
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 61 to 70