YEAR: 2005

SEASON: Spring

MONTH: March

DATE: Early March (5th?)

STATE: Nevada

COUNTY: Clark County

LOCATION DETAILS: Carpenter Canyon, up Carpenter Canyon Rd, 10 miles south of Pahrump, NV

NEAREST TOWN: Pahrump, NV

NEAREST ROAD: US HWY 160

OBSERVED: My friend and I went up into Carpenter Canyon in Southern NV. It is a long 4wd drive up an unmaintained road. It took us 3 hours to get there from the road turnoff. It is a popular spot though for the weekend campers who can get there, but we were very early in the year (March). There was still quite a bit of melting snow in the canyon, and we saw two other vehicles on the way up, and a father and son who were leaving the canyon as we were arriving. The basin area below the mountain has a series of crossing 4wd roads, and is popular with the 4-wheeler crowd, but once you reach the mountain/canyon area, the desert immediately stops and yeilds to a white pine forest.

We walked up the creek as far as we could go without the hike getting too difficult, maybe 500-600 yards. I was in sandals as it was 75 degrees in Las Vegas, but around 40 in the canyon, and there was snow all around.

On the way back down the creek, I noticed some impressions in the ground. I did not think anything of it until I noticed that they were spaced out like footprints going across the creek and up the canyon. The canyon was maybe 30 yards across at that point, and there was maybe 15 yards of soft ground with maybe 8-10 distinguishable prints going across the creek and into bouldered area that leads up the canyon. I noticed that a few of the "better" prints seem to have distinct toe impressions.

I took a picture of my foot in one of the prints. I wear a size 12 shoe. I should have got some better pictures, but I didnt. My friend was not at all interested in my weird footprints and didn't even come to look at them. He was throwing a stick for his dog by the truck.

After we left, I didn't even think about it for months, but when I saw the picture that I took, it once again piqued my interest into what it might have been. I don't have a clue, but I would have never thought that the mountains next to Las Vegas would be a habitat for a bigfoot.

ALSO NOTICED: Here is a link to 2 pictures. One is the creek about 5 yards from where I saw the impressions, the other is one of the impressions. IThis was not the most defined print, but I wasn't concerned with it at that point. It was an afterthought that I should have taken more pictures and of more prints.

Photo of Carpenter Creek, near where I found the impressions:

http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/gallery/data/500/Carpenter_Creek.JPG


Photo of one of the impressions:

http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/gallery/data/500/What_made_this.jpg

OTHER WITNESSES: My friend Will was playing with his dog about 20 yards away when I saw the prints.

OTHER STORIES: never heard of any BF sightings in Southern NV.

TIME AND CONDITIONS: 3:00 pm, clear weather, clear skies

ENVIRONMENT: The lower part of Humboldt-Toiyabe Nat'l Forest is mostly a White Pine Forest. This was in a creek basin in a deep (100') canyon. The canyon closes in just upstream and becomes a rather difficult hike.

Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Nancy L. Jones:

2/27/06 - I spoke with Andrew over the phone. He explained that the ground was hard-packed due to recent cold weather. Out of the trail of footprints, two were quite clear. One of these is shown in the witness' photo.

The footprint in his photograph clearly shows a deep indentation. Andrew said his own print barely left a mark. This points to an animal much heavier than Andrew having left the prints. The distance between prints also indicated a much larger individual than the witness.

The prints were in an out of the way area, and went across the creek and up the canyon. They could only be followed a short distance because the ground across the creek turned rocky and the print trail was lost.

About BFRO Investigator Nancy L. Jones:

Nancy L. Jones is an M.B.A., presently doing occasional special projects for her husband's business and being a full-time mom. Formerly she worked as an IT Project Manager for Hewlett-Packard. She attended the 2007 Central Oregon Expedition.

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