Incident #1001343
Sandy, Clackamus Cty, Oregon
Nov 1995
Account
A hunter contacted Frank Kaneaster and took him to a site 2 1/2 miles up Salmonberry Ridge where there were several 16-inch tracks on a muddy trail leading into an opening in dense forest where there were more tracks and the body of a deer with the head apparently twisted off and the head and some major organs and several ribs missing. Since there were no deer tracks it was assumed the deer had been carried there after being killed. Betty Coleman, a U.S. Forest Service employee, taken to the site by Kaneaster. Photos and casts taken. Two days later something had covered the body with sticks. Search of the area turned up several trees broken or twisted off at heights of 8 1/2 to 10 feet.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 04 1995
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1995
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Clackamus Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sandy
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Latitude
- 452---
- Longitude
- 1220---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- open
- Super Human Action
- Apparently twisted head off deer
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Western Bigfoot Society quoting Frank Kaneaster qu
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- 1995
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1996
- Incident type
- 2
Creature description
- Aggressive To
- deer
- Object Handled
- animal
- Eating
- meat
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Footprint maker had apparently dismembered a deer and then taken the body to where it was found, with the head and some other parts missing. It may also have returned later and covered the body with brush..
- Evidence Left
- footprints, broken tree
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Tracks Came From
- trail
- Tracks Went to
- open
Witness
- Interviewer
- Ray Crowe
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- 2