Incident #1000401
Independence, Inyo Cty, California
before 1860
Account
Tracks 18" by 6" turned up in the mornings sometimes in the mining towns of San Carlos, Bend City and Chrysopolis, shortly before the mines gave out and the towns were abandoned in the mid 1800's. These towns were on the East side of the Owens River, at the foot of the Inyo Range. The author lived on a ranch on the East side of the river. He quoted "Tommie Kehoe" and "a man named Alexander" as having told him they saw the tracks, Alexander having measured them near San Carlos.
When
- Year
- before 1860
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Inyo Cty
- Nearest Town
- Independence
- Elevation/Altitude
- 35
- Latitude
- 364---
- Longitude
- 1180---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- river
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Indian Legends and Songs, Guy Chaffee Earl, Arthur
- Source Type
- book
- Source Date
- 1992
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1992
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Remarks
- Tracks of this side reported seen on several occasions.