Incident #1001082
Wheeler, Tilamook Cty, Oregon
Oct 1979
Account
See 1001081
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 31 1979
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Tilamook Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wheeler
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Population of Town
- 100
- Latitude
- 454---
- Longitude
- 1234---
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- under
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- orchard
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001081
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- General
- mixed size
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- John Parsons report, received from John Fuhrmann
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- AUG 1980
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1980
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 24.0
- Greates Width
- 10.0
- Heel Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 2.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Number of Tracks
- 2
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Feet in Line?
- spread wide apart
- Other footprint codes
- 10479
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Trackmaker attracted by
- farm plants
- Remarks
- Tracks were in an old orchard where something appeared to have been eating both apples and leaves.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Size of Toes
- toes all about the same
- Other footprint codes
- 10478
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Remarks
- Toes were quite large and all the same size. The tracks were seen on an overgrown road, not in the same place as 10478
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Fuhrmann?
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- 3