California spring of 1980. 1 bigfoot creatures involved

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Encounter date: n/a
Year: 1980
Season: spring
Time of day: n/a
Duration: n/a
Story Originator: 1st person
Reported by: Warren Thompson and Bob Walls, separate intv with
Terrain: alpine
Lighting: n/a
State: California
Nearest Town: Willow Creek (Pop. 300)
County: Humboldt County
Coordinates: Lat 40575- Lon 123412-
Distance to Town: 3.5 Miles
Number of Creatures: 1
Creature Types: one large, sex unknown
Photographed: NO
Tracks: n/a
Tracks Cast: YES
Tracks Photographed: NO
Creature Fired At: Bullet Missed Creature
Effect of Firearm: n/a
Superhuman Action: n/a
Trees Undergrowth: Species n/a, Variety: n/a, Tree Cover: heavy, Tree Condition: mostly mature, Tree Type: mixed, Tree Abborations: n/a, Undergrowth: n/a, Undergrowth Type: n/a
Slope: easy, Slope Was Facing: Southwest
Nearby water: n/a
Distance to water: n/a
Substratum: n/a
Snow condition: n/a
Weather condition: n/a, Heat: n/a, Wetness: n/a, Snow: n/a, Temp: n/a, Wind: n/a, Clarity: n/a, Humidity: n/a
JG Incident type: 2
JG File Date: 1980
JG Source date: 1980
JG Source type: colleague
JG Source reliability rank: 7
JG Source incident rank: 6
JG Visibility Index: n/a
Related incident id: n/a

Ken Wickman and another young forest worker measuring timber on Brannon Mountain, found hundreds of tracks, about 17x7x5" on the Northeast side of the mountain, on both flat and inclined areas. A consistent 54" stride. One cast made.