Incident #1001093
Weston, Umatilla Cty, Oregon
Jul 1986
Account
Two friends found five footprints 14.5 in. long, 6 in. wide, stride 4.5 to 5 feet beside a creek in the Blue Mountains between Pendleton and Walla Walla, also a bed of ferns where a large animal lay. One perfect print in mud, the rest in grass. Loretta Neitch and her husband went to see them the next day. Their dog, a dingo-Alsation cross, acted terrified.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 06 1986
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1986
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Umatilla Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weston
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 7
- Latitude
- 455---
- Longitude
- 1181---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material, grass
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Loretta Neitch to John Green
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- JUL 07 1986
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1986
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.5
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 57
- Longest
- 60
- Shortest
- 54
- Number of Tracks
- 5
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud, sod
- Relation to Water
- near water
- Remarks
- Only the single track in mud was really clear, toe marks not distinct in the grass.
Witness
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUL 07 1986
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- 4