Incident #1001014
Cave Junction, Josephine Cty, Oregon
Jun 1974
Account
Thomas Edmonds, with Mr. Polk and Nancy Graybill, followed tracks 23" by 8.5" approx. in sand patches on banks of Sucker Creek, starting from where the Cave Highway crosses the creek across the road from Grayback fores service guard house, and shoing up intermittently for a half mile upstream. Feet were flat, heels very wide, toes almost all the same length, depth twice that of human prints, but pace short for the size of the feet.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 14 1974
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Josephine Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cave Junction
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4210--
- Longitude
- 12312--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- bridge
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- forest litter, fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- moderate
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
Source
- Source
- Thomas K. Edmonds intv. by Bob Betts
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 26 1974
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 22.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Heel Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 0.50
- Heel
- 0.50
- Ball
- 0.50
- Toes
- 0.50
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.25
- Observer Weight
- 190
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 500
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Number of Tracks
- 40
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Track Drag or Slide
- no drag or slide
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Ridge Behind Toes Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Claw Marks Y/N
- No
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- all same
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- around
- Direction of Travel
- Northeast
- Material Tracks Made in
- dry sand
- Relation to Water
- near water
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- moderate
- Interviewer
- Bob Betts
- Interview date
- JUN 26 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Track witnesses
- 5
- Age
- 21 to 30