Incident #1000965
Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia
1988 to 1989
Account
Michael Reinhard and his wife were awakened at night by the sound of tools and equipment being disturbed under their porch. In the morning there was a line of tracks 12 to 13 inches long and 5 to 6 inches wide running from the porch across the yard and into heavy forest, where they stepped on snow-covered logs. Tracks were fairly flat and compressed a foot of snow to half an inch. Second toe half inch longer than first. There were also skid marks on an embankment behind the house, leading to the porch. Photos were taken, but are indistinct.
When
- Year
- 1988 to 1989
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Vancouver Isl
- Nearest Town
- Shawnigan Lake
- Population of Town
- 400
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 483---
- Longitude
- 1233---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- garden
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Snow Condition
- deep old
- Cover
- heavy
Weather and light
- Snow
- normal
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Michael A. Reinhard intv. by Scott Jones
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- FEB 1994
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1994
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 12.5
- Greates Width
- 5.5
- Average Depth
- 11.50
- Stride in Inches Average
- 66
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 7
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Longest Toe
- second
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft deep snow
- Tracks Came From
- occupied building
- Tracks Went to
- trees
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human shelter
Witness
- Interviewer
- Scott Jones
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Track witnesses
- 3