Incident #1000361
Hyampom, Trinity Cty, California
Nov 1963
Account
Tracks were found by Jim Dunn and Ken Galomore, Hyampom, on the edges and in the middle of a seasonal backwater pool of the South Fork of the Trinity River. They were 16 inches long with 5 toes, headed Southeast and the right foot tended to turn outward. Syl McCoy considered them to be the same tracks with the turned-out foot that he had seen in the spring going Northwest along the same valley.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hyampom
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 13
- Latitude
- 4038--
- Longitude
- 123282-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000349, 1000353
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, shore
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- pond, river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- sparse
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
Source
- Source
- Sylvester McCoy intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 04 70
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.30
- Stride in Inches Average
- 45
- Longest
- 50
- Shortest
- 40
- Estimated Age
- 4
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 250
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Track Drag or Slide
- slide of heel
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Direction of Travel
- Southeast
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand, mud
- Relation to Water
- in then out
- Remarks
- Trackmaker was travelling up the valley, walking on rock, on sand, or on mud under water. Tracks in mud were very deep. Left foot pointed straight ahead, but right foot turned out. Total distance where tracks could be seen on suitable material was about half a mile.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUL 04 70
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Other report by this witness
- 6