Incident #1001173
Kalispell, Flathead Cty, Montana
Jun 1979
Account
Tim Ryerson and Bob Gukenbug told Whitefish Police they had found Bigfoot tracks in the bed of Logan Creek near their home in a trailer court near Olney, and later showed them to a deputy, a game warden and a forest ranger. Three really definite tracks on the sandbar and several others barely discernable as the creature walked up a gravel bank and into a pasture. Prints were 17.5 inches by 9.75 inches by 4.5 inches, with a 4 ft. 10 in. stride. The game warden estimated weight of more than 700 pounds. One print cast, to be sent to University of Montana.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Flathead Cty
- Nearest Town
- Kalispell
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 22
- Population of Town
- 11000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4829--
- Longitude
- 11431--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- sandbar
- Near or/at
- pasture
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Kalispell, Montana, Weekly News, quoting police qu
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUN 06 1979
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1981
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.5
- Greates Width
- 9.3
- Heel Width
- 4.5
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 700
- Stride in Inches Average
- 58
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- pasture
Witness
- Interviewer
- Whitefish Police Dept.
- Interview date
- JUN 04 1979
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Track witnesses
- 5