Incident #1000329
Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California
Nov 1958
Account
Informant again saw tracks crossing the Bluff Creek road near McDuff Camp, going uphill.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1958
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Del Norte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 4125--
- Longitude
- 12343--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- crossing
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- hillside
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000327
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- madrona, pine, Douglas fir
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- high
Source
- Source
- Roadbuilder intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 70
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 70
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.25
- Stride in Inches Average
- 52
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Direction of Travel
- West, uphill
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- hillside
- Remarks
- Only toes dug in when creature going up dirt bank.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUN 3 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- roadbuilding, outside on foot
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Other report by this witness
- 2