Incident #1000360
Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California
Oct 1963
Account
Al Hodgson was one of a group who went to see tracks on a sandbar on Bluff Creek about a mile above Notice Creek. There were two sets of tracks, not obviously connected but apparently both the "15 inch", one above and one below a log lying parallel to the creek, going in opposite directions. There were 40 or 50 prints altogether. One set went around the end of one log but under another jutting off the bank. One set emerged from the creek. Otherwise they ended in heavy underbrush. They were in both damp sand and dry sand. Depth in damp sand averaged an inch where people sank 1/8 to 1/4 inch. Only this lower set were photographed and cast. The upper set at one point went up on toes.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Del Norte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 24
- Latitude
- 4125--
- Longitude
- 12343--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- pine, fir, oak
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Al Hodgson intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 5 1970
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 6.3
- Heel Width
- 4.3
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.17
- Observer Weight
- 150
- Stride in Inches Average
- 40
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 45
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- very good
- Ball of Foot
- double
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Ridge Behind Toes Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Claw Marks Y/N
- No
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- around
- Direction of Travel
- forth and back
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand, dry sand
- Relation to Water
- leaving water
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- trees
- Remarks
- Two sets of tracks, one going North, one South, but presumed to be those of the same creature made about the same time. Tracks went around one obstacle, but under another.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- moderate
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUL 05 70
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Other report by this witness
- 4