Incident #1000427
Wrightwood, Mojave Cty, California
Apr 1980
Account
Lyle Geary and David Newberry said that at Jackson Lake (not on map) they found the footprints in the snow of four individuals, largest 19 to 20 inches by 10 to 11 inches with a 6-foot stride; smallest 15 inches by 9 inches with a 5 to 6-foot stride. Followed them 1 1/2 miles into a canyon where it was too steep to follow.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 13 1980
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Mojave Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wrightwood
- Population of Town
- 2500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than two, sex unknown (large)
- Total Individuals
- 4
- Population Status
- wild
- Super Human Action
- 7-foot strides
- Related incident id
- 1000426, 1000653
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Slope
- steep
- Snow Condition
- snow
Source
- Source
- Lyle Geary and David Newberry intv by Linda Lee, A
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- APR 17 1980
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1980
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 4
- Footprint Length
- 19.5
- Greates Width
- 10.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10195
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Went to
- canyon
- Remarks
- Four sets of tracks, but size information given about only two of them.
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 4
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 66
- Longest
- 72
- Shortest
- 60
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10194
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
Witness
- Interviewer
- Linda Lee
- Interview date
- 1980
- Track witnesses
- 2