Incident #1000091
Hope, Hope-Princeton Hwy, British Columbia
Feb 1971
Account
Eileen Yerxa managing Sunshine Valley Lodge, in morning found miles of tracks about 14 inches long, with a 30 to 36-inch stride, in deep snow a foot of which had fallen overnight. Wandered around, double set but assumed was one individual coming and going, couldn't see toe marks. Tracks crossed piled snow where parking lot had been cleared, humans could not, sank in too deep. Account confusing, but one end of trail on plowed-out road to ski hill, other end apparently in river bed. Miles of tracks altogether, some close to lodge.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Hope-Princeton Hwy
- Nearest Town
- Hope
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 14
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 4917--
- Longitude
- 121143-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek, pond
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- broken rock, gravel
- Ground condition
- frozen
- Snow Condition
- deep new
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Eileen Yerxa
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- 1971
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 33
- Longest
- 36
- Shortest
- 30
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Direction of Travel
- forth and back
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft deep snow
Witness
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1971
- Observer Was
- at home
- Track witnesses
- several