Incident #1000352
Hyampom, Trinity Cty, California
May 1963
Account
Syl McCoy, Bob Jasper and Larry Jasper found more of the 16-inch tracks with the right foot turned out, in mud beside a pond on a blocked-off section of the old road between Hayfork and Hyampom. These tracks were also seen by Bob Titmus, who cast three of them, and John Green, who took pictures.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 05 1963
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hyampom
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 19
- Latitude
- 40373-
- Longitude
- 123254-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000349, 1000350, 1000351, 1000352
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- gravel road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- Northeast
- Nearby Water
- pond
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- Syl McCoy intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- APR 70
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- MAY 63
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Average Depth
- 0.80
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.25
- Stride in Inches Average
- 45
- Estimated Age
- 3
- Age Unit
- weeks
- Number of Tracks
- 60
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Claw Marks Y/N
- No
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Remarks
- Left foot straight, right foot turned out.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- APR 7 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- several
- Other report by this witness
- 6