Incident #1000098
Elko, East Kootenay Dis, British Columbia
Jun 1975
Account
Jacob Heppner, his wife, daughter and son-in-law, had turned off Highway 3 20 miles west of Elko and driven six miles south of the highway looking for a fishing spot. In a small patch of sand on the bank of a creek they saw one clear footprint, similar to human but 16 and 5/8 inches long and 7 inches wide. Five clear toes, track apparently fresh.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 29 1975
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- East Kootenay Dis
- Nearest Town
- Elko
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4925--
- Longitude
- 11540--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- 10 feet
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Red Deer, Alberta, Advocate, July 5, 1975, quoting
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1975
- Source reliability
- 1
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1975
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.5
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
Witness
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50