Incident #1001087
Milton Freewater, Umatilla Cty, Oregon
Jun 1982
Account
WARNING: See 1001086. Paul Freeman and Bill Epoch, patrolling inside the Mill Creek Watershed, found a number of 14-inch by 7-inch tracks, similar to those found 10 days earlier. Joel Hardin, a U.S. Border Patrol tracker, pronounced them fakes, but dermal-ridge patterns on them in places have been pronounced genuine by some fingerprint experts. Freeman found more tracks that day and on subsequent days.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 16 1982
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Umatilla Cty
- Nearest Town
- Milton Freewater
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 19
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4559--
- Longitude
- 11759--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001086
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Paul Freeman intv. by John Green, Bob Titmus etc.
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- JUN 1982
- Source reliability
- 2
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1982
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt, mud
- Remarks
- Border Patrol tracker Joel Hardin said these tracks started and stopped when they should not have.
Witness
- Interviewer
- John Green, Bob Titmus, many others
- Interview date
- JUN 1982
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- horseback, work outdoors
- Track witnesses
- many
- Age
- 41 to 50
- Other report by this witness
- 9