Incident #1001041
Sweet Home, Linn Cty, Oregon
Oct 1972
Account
Arlene Arp and her husband (called Oscar at one point and Larry at another??) camped at Cascadia Forest Camp on US 20, he hiked up a steep hill into the woods and saw giant humanlike tracks, flat, about twice the length of his 10EE boot and considerably wider, also much deeper than his tracks. On one print where it stepped over a rock he could see toenails dug in. At camp that night there were sounds like someone patting their trailer, continuing for a long time, but nothing could be seen out the window. Next morning there were giant humanlike tracks with a fat big toe "all over the campsite", but particularly around their trailer, and there was a smaller track as well (no size indicated). One of the big tracks showed nails, none showed claws. Two lady school teachers also camped there saw the tracks as well, and left immediately.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Linn Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sweet Home
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 7000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 8
- Latitude
- 44232-
- Longitude
- 12228--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- creek, river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- The Track Record No. 13 (Western Bigfoot Society)
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- FEB 1992
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1992
- Incident type
- 2
Creature description
- Arms Used
- other
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Describe Unsual
- Creature not seen, but sounds at night indicated it repeatedly ran its hands along the sides of the observers' trailer, and patted it on the top.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 23.5
- Greates Width
- wide
- Average Depth
- deep
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Track Condition
- good
- Claw Marks Y/N
- No
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human shelter, human activity
- Remarks
- No information about second set of track except that they were smaller than the first.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Ray Crowe
- Interview date
- 1992
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Track witnesses
- 4
- Other report by this witness
- 2