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California summer of 1961. 1 bigfoot creatures involved

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 10:36 pm
by darkwing
Encounter date: AUG 27 1961
Year: 1961
Season: summer
Time of day: n/a
Duration: n/a
Story Originator: 1st person
Reported by: Bob Wahlund intv. by Jim McClarin
Terrain: alpine
Lighting: n/a
State: California
Nearest Town: Hoopa (Pop. 500)
County: Humboldt
Coordinates: Lat 4107-- Lon 12331--
Distance to Town: 8 Miles
Number of Creatures: 1
Creature Types: one large, sex unknown
Photographed: NO
Tracks: n/a
Tracks Cast: NO
Tracks Photographed: NO
Creature Fired At: Bullet Missed Creature
Effect of Firearm: n/a
Superhuman Action: n/a
Trees Undergrowth: Species n/a, Variety: rhododendron, Tree Cover: spotty, Tree Condition: n/a, Tree Type: n/a, Tree Abborations: n/a, Undergrowth: heavy, Undergrowth Type: hard stemmed
Slope: easy, Slope Was Facing: West
Nearby water: creek
Distance to water: n/a
Substratum: fine material
Snow condition: n/a
Weather condition: dry, Heat: normal, Wetness: normal, Snow: n/a, Temp: hot, Wind: n/a, Clarity: clear, Humidity: low
JG Incident type: 2
JG File Date: JUL 1970
JG Source date: JUL 1970
JG Source type: computer survey
JG Source reliability rank: 8
JG Source incident rank: 6
JG Visibility Index: n/a
Related incident id: n/a
Bob Wahlund was returning to work for the first time after firefighting at Red Cap. At worksite off Forest Service Rd. 10N02 near the South Fork of Mill Creek, there were 16-inch tracks going around a yarder and on up the road. He only saw the tracks around the yarder.