Hiker photographs track on trail in Hoh River rainforest, on the Olympic Peninsula witnessed in Jefferson County, Washington

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I am submitting this is response to report #12098. In August 0f 2001, when my wife and I still lived in Florida, we made a trip out to WA and visited the Hoh rainforest. We hiked up a well-traveled trail--possibly the Spruce Trail--and came upon a footprint of which I still have a picture. It was a bare human-like footprint about 11-12 inches long. Given (a) the modest size of the footprint, (b) the popular nature of the trail and (c) the fact that there were many "hippy" types in the area, I assumed it was just a very casual hiker. But I took a picture anyway, with my boot for comparison. Upon seeing the picture in report #12098, I dug out my picture and was struck by the similarity. Having lived in WA a few years now and having become better acquainted with what are purported to be genuine sasquatch footprints, I took note of the squared-off toes and the medially-leaning big toe. In the picture, just above the toe of my right boot, one can see a print I made, which barely sunk in ...