Incident #1001368
Cougar, Skamania Cty, Washington
Jun 1994
Account
Steven Frederick examined several 14-inch footprints on the South side of Mt. St. Helens, Northwest of the Swift Reservoir, 2 miles East of Grass Lake (not on Mt. St. Helens forestry map). While doing so he heard some rocks briefly knocked together in the forest understory and a bush shaken hard about 100 yards away.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1994
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skamania Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cougar
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Population of Town
- 100
- Latitude
- 460---
- Longitude
- 1221---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- forest
Source
- Source
- Henner Fahrenbach, quoting Steven Frederick
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JUNE 1996
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUNE 1996
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Relation to Water
- near water, under water
- Remarks
- While examining tracks, witness heard rocks knocked together and a bush shaken hard in the forest understory 100 yards away. One good print and then two partial prints side by side under shallow water across the creek, as if creature had jumped the creek..
Witness
- Interviewer
- Henner Fahrenbach
- Track witnesses
- 1