Incident #1001052
Florence, Lane Cty, Oregon
Feb 1975
Account
Mary Wells and Roger Unser had been sasquatch hunting since Nick Wells saw one the year before (1001048) On this occasion they found tracks going up a road, heading from the beach to the mountains, on two separate occasions, two days and one valley apart. The first ones were of two creatures and were fresh in new snow, with no tracks of other humans, animals or vehicles. One set was 18 inches long, with 5 toes, the other 18" long, with 4 toes, 250 tracks in all, 3-foot stride. The other tracks, melted out, had a 4-foot stride. Speculated that the creatures had been at the beach getting clams during period of very low tides. No snow at lower elevations, and tracks could not be followed after they left the road.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 08 1975
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Florence
- Population of Town
- 4500
- Latitude
- 435---
- Longitude
- 1240---
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- logged area
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001048
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Snow Condition
- shallow new
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- logging slash
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Humidity
- heavy snow
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Mrs. Mary Wells writing to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- MAR 16 1975
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- MAR 1975
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 36
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 130
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- toe out
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Other footprint codes
- 10462
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- shore
- Tracks Went to
- hillside
- Foot Shape
- wide
- Trackmaker attracted by
- shellfish
- Remarks
- Observers speculate that track makers had been to the beach to dig clams, as tides were very low at that period.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 36
- Number of Tracks
- 120
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10461
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- shore
- Tracks Went to
- hillside
- Trackmaker attracted by
- shellfish
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- 2