Incident #1000119
Courtenay, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
Oct 1988
Account
Dr. John Bindernagel, a wildlife biologist, was following hiking trail at Forbidden Plateau, in Strathcona Park, near Lake Helen Mackenzie. In two muddy patches on the trail about a mile apart he found footprints, three in each patch, 14" long, 7" wide, with long, wide-spreading toes. He cast two of them.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Courtenay
- Direction from Town
- West Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 14
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 45
- Latitude
- 4943--
- Longitude
- 12518--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Substratum
- alpine meadow
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- John Bindernagel, Courtenay, B.C. interviewed by J
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- APR 1990
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 7
- Jwg file date
- APR 1990
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Number of Tracks
- 6
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Track Drag or Slide
- no drag or slide
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- APR 10 1990
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Age
- 41 to 50