Incident #1000609
Orleans, Del Norte, California
Sep 1963
Account
Al Hodgson and others looking for tracks, found one old 16-inch track in the bed of Bluff Creek.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 07 1963
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Del Norte
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2.5
- Latitude
- 41253-
- Longitude
- 123421-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000340
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- oak, fir, pine
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- Al Hodgson intv by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 1
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.50
- Observer Weight
- 150
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- weeks
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Track Condition
- fair
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Other footprint codes
- 10156
- Direction of Travel
- South
- Material Tracks Made in
- dry sand
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUL 05 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- several
- Other report by this witness
- 4