Incident #1000623
Hoopa, Humboldt Cty, California
Jul 1989
Account
Children at Tish Tang campground on the Trinity River near Hoopa found 16 x 7 1/2" footprints on a beach across the river from the campground. Al Hodgson swam the river to see them, found half a dozen, but only one good one, leading from the edge of the water, heading upstream, to the bedrock. Estimated two weeks old. Cast one track.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 22 1989
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hoopa
- Direction from Town
- South Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 300
- Elevation/Altitude
- 3
- Latitude
- 410123
- Longitude
- 1233811
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Al Hodgson
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1989
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1989
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- weeks
- Number of Tracks
- 6
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Relation to Water
- leaving water
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- rock
Witness
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JUL 1989
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 51 to 60
- Other report by this witness
- 4