Incident #1000120
Nelson, West Kootenay Dis, British Columbia
Sep 1992
Account
Terence Delorme, a wildlife photographer, was doing a movie documentary of the southern Columbia range when he found footprints in the dirt left by an uprooted tree, more than 6000 feet up near the timberline above Midge Creek. No claw marks. He did not take pictures, but thinks there were five toes. There were two complete prints and one partial one. Length was about six inches more than his size 9 shoe. (probably about 17 inches)
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1992
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- West Kootenay Dis
- Nearest Town
- Nelson
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 10000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 65
- Latitude
- 4917--
- Longitude
- 11700--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Source
- Source
- Terence Delorme, Nelson, B.C., call to John Green
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- NOV 1992
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1992
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- NOV 17 88
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 31 to 40