Incident #1001353
Fairbanks, Fairbanks Cty, Alaska
1969
Account
Len Rouch called at neighbour's house and found mother and children afraid of bear hanging around, so he sat up with a rifle in an old car, daylight all night. Upright animal came out of brush to eat berries, he guessed weight over 500 pounds. Fled when he made a noise, leaving tracks in the ground, four toes. He and others have seen similar tracks at other times.
When
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Fairbanks Cty
- Nearest Town
- Fairbanks
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 38
- Population of Town
- 20000
- Latitude
- 652---
- Longitude
- 148---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- berry patch
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart letter reporting interview with Len R
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- FEB 20 1973
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- APRIL 1979
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eye shape
- round
- Eye color
- pale
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- stooped
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- silver
- Face Colour
- light
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Forehead
- low
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- humanlike nose
- Lips
- thin
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Odour
- strong
- Eating
- berries
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- natural food plants
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 19.0
- Longest
- 96
- Estimated Age
- 5
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Track Condition
- poor
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Foot Shape
- wide
- Trackmaker attracted by
- natural food plants
- Remarks
- Toes were unusually long. Len Rouch has seen similar tracks since, and has talked to others who have seen them. He identified a picture of a track cast from Georgia as being identical.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- FEB 20 1979
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car, come to see
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1