Incident #1000576
Round Mountain, Shasta Cty, California
Feb 1975
Account
John Russak told a reporter he found tracks at his home and followed them about a mile north toward the Pit River. Prints were 17 inches by 7 inches, with a 28 inch stride. Only four toes showed, with an arch and a heel. They sank 4 inches in 6 inches of snow. (Low credibility rating is because of the extremely short stride, in picture spread from side to side is greater than the distance from the toe to the next heel.)
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Shasta Cty
- Nearest Town
- Round Mountain
- Direction from Town
- North
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 404914
- Longitude
- 121555
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Related incident id
- 1000552
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Snow Condition
- snow
Source
- Source
- San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, Feb 16
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1975
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1975
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Average Depth
- 4.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 28
- Number of Tracks
- 2000
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- toe out
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Direction of Travel
- North
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot