Incident #1000599
Camp Richardson, El Dorado Cty, California
Sep 1979
Account
Raymond D. told Frank Flaton that he and his friend Dan, vacationing at Camp Richardson, got lost hiking to Fallen Leaf Lake and were following a stream bed back to Lake Tahoe. In the muddy bed they encountered huge footprints, approx. 20 by 8 inches, flat footed, with a 5 to 6-foot stride. They followed them 20 to 30 yards, to where they turned and went up a bank.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- El Dorado Cty
- Nearest Town
- Camp Richardson
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 63
- Latitude
- 3855--
- Longitude
- 12003--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, valley
- Exact Terrain
- stream
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- dry
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- The Track Record No. 26, Frank Flaton quoting Raym
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- APR 1993
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1993
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 66
- Longest
- 72
- Shortest
- 60
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 12
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Direction of Travel
- North
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Tracks Came From
- shore
- Tracks Went to
- high bank
Witness
- Interviewer
- Frank Flaton
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20