Incident #1000027
Klemtu, Swindle Isl, British Columbia
May 1950
Account
Informant and others from Klemtu went to the head of Kitasu Lake to get gravel and on the beach at the end of the lake they saw 10 or 12 sets of humanlike tracks crossing the beach and entering the lake. Only one track was really large. The smallest was only 4 inches long. They measured the longest stride.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1950
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Swindle Isl
- Nearest Town
- Klemtu
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 52342-
- Longitude
- 128333-
What was seen
- Individuals
- other group of large and small
- Total Individuals
- many
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- crossing
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- Tom Brown interviewed by Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 07 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1962
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 12
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Longest
- 72
- Estimated Age
- 3
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 25
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- dry sand
- Relation to Water
- entering water
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Interview date
- MAY 05 1970
- Track witnesses
- many
- Age
- 21 to 30