Incident #1000505
Lewiston, Trinity Cty, California
Jul 1968
Account
Sheriff Tom Kelly investigated 16-inch footprints found in a soft mud flat at Bucktail Lodge near Lewiston (note indicates next to Trinity River)
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lewiston
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 23
- Latitude
- 4042--
- Longitude
- 12348--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Undated newspaper clipping, plus note from 1968 tr
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 9
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several