Incident #1000355
Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California
Aug 1963
Account
Al Whitlatch found 17-inch tracks coming onto the Bluff Creek road from below at Lonesome Ridge and heading southwest before turning onto Nickowitz road, about 3/4 of a mile of tracks altogether. Made overnight, in dust. Photos taken by Mrs. Doris Hatter. Only four toes show in the photo, but these would be 5-toed tracks.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
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
- 30
- Latitude
- 41280-
- Longitude
- 123413-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- empty machine
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000354
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- fog
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- Jean Hatter intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 70
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUL 70
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Stride in Inches Average
- 40
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 1000
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- Southwest, West
- Material Tracks Made in
- deep dust
Witness
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUL 17 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging, outside on foot
- Track witnesses
- 3
- Other report by this witness
- 5