Incident #1000103
Terrace, Skeena Valley Dis, British Columbia
Jul 1976
Account
Children found tracks by a slough off the Skeena River. Bob Titmus was notified and made casts on July 17. Tracks were 16 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with an average stride of 78 inches. They were 1 1/2 inches deep in hard silt and clay mix where human tracks failed to show. Titmus estimated weight had to be over 800 pounds. Many branches were broken and twisted off, generally six feet above ground. The children did not damage the tracks and told a man living nearby about them. He happened to be a friend of Titmus', who came the next day. It appeared that the creature had probably come out of the Skeena but there was no place for tracks to show. From there it would have gone through some brush, across the small clear area where the good tracks were, then did go into the trees.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Skeena Valley Dis
- Nearest Town
- Terrace
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 0.5
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 5430--
- Longitude
- 12838--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- 75 feet
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Bob Titmus, New Hazelton
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- SEP 1976
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1976
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.5
- Greates Width
- 6.5
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Heel
- 1.25
- Ball
- 1.00
- Toes
- 1.25
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Observer Weight
- 140
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 900
- Stride in Inches Average
- 78
- Estimated Age
- 4
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 5
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Track Drag or Slide
- no drag or slide
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Ridge Behind Toes Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Foot Deformity Y/N
- Yes
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- South
- Material Tracks Made in
- clay and silt
- Relation to Water
- near water
- Describe Deformity
- Big pads behind toes very different left to right.t
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MAR 05 1992
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- over 70
- Other report by this witness
- 22