Incident #1000372
Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California
Aug 1967
Account
Tracks of "15-inch" and "13-inch" seen on sand and gravel bar circling trailers in fallers' camp when men came in after the weekend. The fallers moved the trailers out, obliterating most of the tracks in the process. John Green and Rene Dahinden examined, photographed and cast remaining tracks four or five days later.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 30 1967
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- summer
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
- 20
- Latitude
- 41260-
- Longitude
- 123431-
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000371, 1000373, 1000374
- 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
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- 50 feet
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- fir, pine, oak
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- John Green
- Source Type
- observation
- Source Date
- SEP 1967
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1967
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Heel Width
- 5.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Heel
- 0.75
- Ball
- 1.00
- Toes
- 1.25
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.12
- Observer Weight
- 180
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 1800
- Estimated Age
- 4
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Track Drag or Slide
- toe drag and heel slip
- 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
- Human
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10168
- Direction of Travel
- not consistent
- Material Tracks Made in
- dry sand, wet sand
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
- Remarks
- The same two tracks were made at the top of the ridge to the west (Blue Creek Mountain road) made presumably the same night.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Greates Width
- 5.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Observer Print Depth
- .12
- Observer Weight
- 180
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 1200
- Estimated Age
- 4
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 5
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Ball of Foot
- split
- 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
- Human
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10167
- Direction of Travel
- not consistent
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
- Remarks
- See (10167)
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- moderate
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Other report by this witness
- 4