California winter of 1963. 1 bigfoot creatures involved

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Encounter date: n/a
Year: 1963
Season: winter
Time of day: n/a
Duration: n/a
Story Originator: 1st person
Reported by: Deputy sheriff intv. by Ken Coon
Terrain: alpine
Lighting: n/a
State: California
Nearest Town: Pinecrest (Pop. 200)
County: Tuolumne County
Coordinates: Lat 3812-- Lon 1200---
Distance to Town: 2 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: n/a, Tree Cover: sparse, Tree Condition: n/a, Tree Type: n/a, Tree Abborations: n/a, Undergrowth: none, Undergrowth Type: n/a
Slope: easy, Slope Was Facing: n/a
Nearby water: n/a
Distance to water: n/a
Substratum: alpine meadow
Snow condition: shallow old
Weather condition: n/a, Heat: normal, Wetness: normal, Snow: normal, Temp: cool, Wind: n/a, Clarity: n/a, Humidity: n/a
JG Incident type: 2
JG File Date: 1970
JG Source date: JUL 08 70
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
Informant a deputy sheriff was called to the scene while on duty. Saw about 100 15-inch tracks in old snow, in poor condition.