Incident #1001033
Oakridge, Lane Cty, Oregon
Apr 1972
Account
Luther Roam and his father-in-law, James Ping, fishing along Salmon Creek less than three miles East of Oakridge, found a single left-foot track 17.5 inches long, 7.5 inches wide and 1.5 inches deep, very wide at the toes. There were also heel and toe impressions indicating a right-foot print 7.5 feet farther away, leading into a rocky area. Not clear if this was found at the time, or when Gordon Kliewer was shown the tracks and made pictures and a cast several days later.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 29 1972
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Oakridge
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 11
- Latitude
- 43443-
- Longitude
- 12225--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
Source
- Source
- Eugene Register Guard, quoting Luther Roam and Gor
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1972
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.5
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Average Depth
- 1.50
- Stride in Inches Average
- 78
- Number of Tracks
- 2
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Ridge Behind Toes Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Bumps Y/N
- No
- Claw Marks Y/N
- No
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Foot Shape
- splay-toed
- Remarks
- Material described as "spongy loam"
Witness 1
- Interviewer
- Doug Bates, Eugene Register-Guard
- Interview date
- MAY 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 21 to 30
Witness 2
- Interviewer
- Doug Bates, Eugene Register-Guard
- Interview date
- MAY 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 41 to 50