Incident #1001439
Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California
Nov 1958
Account
After work on the Bluff Creek access road had shut down for the winter, Humboldt Fir continued logging, and tracks were found on the morning of Nov. 28 coming down the road near the intersection of the Bluff Creek and Humboldt Fir roads (presume Louse Camp), swinging over toward two parked tractors, then going on down the side of the road into a creek.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 28 1958
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1958
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Del Norte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 412420
- Longitude
- 1234300
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- empty machine
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine, fir, madrone
Source
- Source
- Eureka paper
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- DEC 4 1958
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 14
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- road
- Tracks Went to
- water
- Remarks
- No description of tracks, but "Bigfoot" tracks in that period meant the 16-inch individual cast by Jerry Crew
Witness
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- 7