Incident #1001051
Winston, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Dec 1974
Account
Twelve-year-old daughter of owner of Reston Shake Mill found tracks in the snow, 19 inches by 6.5 inches, in the snow behind the house and a corral where there were three horses and a cow, then passed up toward the road., about 50 tracks in all, some 1 inch deep in mud. Rest of family and others saw them. The creature seemed to have lingered by the corral. Two tracks were preserved and Barbara Wasson and her husband saw and photographed them and cast one. They showed 5 toes.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Winston
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 3500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 9
- Latitude
- 43080-
- Longitude
- 123371-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- livestock
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Substratum
- fine material
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Barbara Wasson quoting owner of Reston Shake Mill
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- DEC 1974
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1974
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 6.5
- Heel Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 50
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Tracks Went to
- road
- Foot Shape
- narrow
- Trackmaker attracted by
- livestock
Witness
- Interviewer
- Barbara Wasson
- Interview date
- DEC 28 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 11 to 16