Incident #1000392
Oroville, Butte Cty, California
Jan 1970
Account
Ken Coon and Bill Early, looking for tracks around Oroville, where there had been a dozen sightings reported in the previous six months, found some 15-inch and some 6-inch tracks together in muddy sod.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 24 1970
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Butte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Oroville
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 6000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 3936--
- Longitude
- 12132--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Substratum
- grass, fine material
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- moderate
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- General undergrowth
- cultivated
Weather and light
- Rainfall
- wet
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
Source
- Source
- Ken Coon
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.15
- Observer Weight
- 200
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 20
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Foot Deformity Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- around
- Other footprint codes
- 10180
- Direction of Travel
- not consistent
- Material Tracks Made in
- sod, mud
- Describe Deformity
- bumps
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 6.0
- Greates Width
- 3.0
- Average Depth
- 0.25
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.15
- Observer Weight
- 200
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- days
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Pattern of walk
- straight
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Obsticles Offering Choice
- around
- Other footprint codes
- 10179
- Direction of Travel
- not consistent
- Material Tracks Made in
- sod, mud
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50