Incident #1000614
Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California
1982
Account
Bob Titmus went to look at tracks reported in small artificial pond just above Laird Meadow on Onion Mountain. Found two large footprints plus handprints and knee prints, all under water. Partially drained pond and made casts.
When
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Del Norte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 41225-
- Longitude
- 123444-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- shore
- Related incident id
- 1000613
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- pond
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- pond
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- moderate
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1982
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1988
- Incident type
- 2
Creature description
- Evidence Left
- hand print
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Number of Tracks
- 2
- Track Condition
- good
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Other Marks
- hand prints, knee print
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 61 to 70
- Other report by this witness
- 22