Incident #1001436
Toutle, Cowlitz Cty, Washington
Oct 1998
Account
Gathering firewood near a logging road off Hwy 5 to Coldwater Ridge just North of Mt. St. Helens National Monument, followed elk sounds into what brush has re-grown, and came on a strange track among the elk tracks. About 18 inches long, 8 to 9 inches wide, big toe and four smaller toes, front clearly visible, heel impression slight.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 11 1998
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Cowlitz Cty
- Nearest Town
- Toutle
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 22
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 45
- Latitude
- 4610--
- Longitude
- 12215--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Unnatural Conditions
- second growth
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Michelle C. Sayer
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- OCT 15 1998
- Source reliability
- 1
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 8.5
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- weeks
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2