Incident #1001504
Leavenworth, Chelan Cty, Washington
May 1977
Account
Hiking on a 45-degree slope 150 feet above Ingalls Creek, Jan and Mark Buitron encountered four tracks created by a biped corooing West to East with most of the weight on the lower leg, which slipped about 8 inches down the slope, exposing wet clay beneath. The clay was drying as they watched. There was a fifth track, from the upper foot, not slepping, that was 16 inches long and over four inches wide. Mark had to stomp five times with his hiking boot to duplicate the appearance of the tracks. Pace was four feet. When he tried that he fell. There were then toe kick-in prints going directly up the slope and vanishing in an area of deep pine needles. Following that general direction they found a bed of pine needles over three feet high shaped like a volcano with a 2 to 3-foot hole in the top. Took pictures of nest and best track. Think the subject was moving in their direction and when it saw them climbed straight up the slope.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late morning
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Chelan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Leavenworth
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 1600
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4727--
- Longitude
- 12040--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hill
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- 50 yards
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Western Bigfoot Society from Jan Buitron
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- JAN 1996
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 4.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Estimated Age
- 10
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Number of Tracks
- 5
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- hillside
- Tracks Went to
- trees
- Remarks
- Width measurement probably too small, since tracks dug into side of steep hill.
Witness
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2