Incident #1000116
Bella Coola, Central Coast Dis, British Columbia
Feb 1980
Account
Five boys, Deric Snow, Herb Edgar, John Schooner, Don Hans and Gordon Edgar, fishing in the Bella Coola River at Four Mile, near the entrance to Thorsen Creek. Snow found huge footprints on the south bank of the river, appearing to be several days old, in a small amount of snow on top of ice. Prints 21" by 12" going in single file down to the river and back twice. Grizzly guide Clayton Mack was contacted, and took pictures of the best prints, after outlining them with sand. Interviewed by phone by John Green, he said he thought the creature had crossed the river from the north but turned back each time instead of crossing the road south of the river.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 23 1980
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Central Coast Dis
- Nearest Town
- Bella Coola
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 300
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0
- Latitude
- 5222--
- Longitude
- 12640--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Snow Condition
- shallow old
Source
- Source
- Clayton Mack, Bella Coola (now deceased)
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- FEB 80
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- FEB 80
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 21.0
- Greates Width
- 12.0
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- forth and back
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard shallow snow
- Relation to Water
- out then in
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- road
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- FEB 26 1980
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- over 70
- Other report by this witness
- 3