Incident #1000385
Wildwood, Trinity, California
Jul 1969
Account
George Haas and John Dana found footprints in forest litter on an old trail from West Low Gap to the East Fork of the South Fork of the Trinity River in the Yolla Bolly district of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. They encountered the tracks about a quarter mile down the trail, and they stayed on the trail for about another quarter mile. Prints were 16 inches long and 36 inches apart (not clear whether this was measured toe to heel or heel to heel) They crushed through a mulch of pine needles and oak leaves into the black human underneath, where Dana, weighing 220 pounds, could hardly make an impression, but the material did not hold any detail. The prints indicated that the maker stooped under dead trees crossing the trail 3 to 4 feet off the ground. Seven reddish brown silky hairs, 1 to 1 1/2 inches long were collected from the underside of these trees. Left and right prints were about a foot apart from side to side.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 14 1969
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity
- Nearest Town
- Wildwood
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 21
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 42
- Latitude
- 4013--
- Longitude
- 123041-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- moderate
Source
- Source
- George F. Haas computer form. Also previous intvs.
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Heel
- 1.00
- Ball
- 1.00
- Toes
- 1.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Observer Weight
- 185
- Stride in Inches Average
- 36
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 400
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- spread wide apart
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- under
- Direction of Travel
- Northeast
- Material Tracks Made in
- forest litter
- Remarks
- Not indicated whether pace length was measured toe to toe or toe to heel.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Observer Was
- hiking, sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 61 to 70