Incident #1001069
Eugene, Lane Cty, Oregon
Sep 1977
Account
Mike Francis, hiking on a wooded hillside above the family home, half way between Crow and Lorane, found three tracks, 15 inches by 8 inches, with four toes, crossing a dirt logging road. Stride was almost 7 feet. The best track was half an inch deep in hard mud. Ron Olson saw them and decided they were not genuine because the stride was too long and the deepest imprint was in the hardest part of the road.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 04 1977
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Eugene
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 105000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4353--
- Longitude
- 12313--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- hillside
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Eugene, Oregon, Register-Guard, Don Bishoff quotin
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- SEP 8 1977
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1977
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Heel Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 0.50
- Stride in Inches Average
- 68
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt, mud
Witness
- Interviewer
- Don Bishoff, Eugene Register-Guard
- Interview date
- SEP 1977
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 16 to 20