Incident #1000383
Orleans, Humboldt Cty, California
Dec 1968
Account
S.C. Buttrum was hound hunting in a vehicle when he encountered 15-inch tracks in the snow heading north from the area of the Orleans dump. The hounds showed no interest in them. Tracks were good enough to follow had they been bear tracks.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 3.5
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 41211-
- Longitude
- 123023-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Snow Condition
- deep old
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- high
Source
- Source
- S.C. Buttram intv by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 16 1970
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 18.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 12.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 66
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 500
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- fair
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- North
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- MAY 16, 1967
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting, in car
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 31 to 40