Incident #1001198
Grangeville, Idaho Cty, Idaho
1972
Account
Hiking in the Selway Wilderness, where a mule had died a few months earlier, Ray Higgins found that the body had been moved and covered with huge branches. There are no grizzlies in the area. Exploring around he found footprints, 18.5" long, in a bog. (Later note, unattributed, indicates that Jerry King may have been with Higgins. Says there were three footprints, 19.5" by 8.5" by 5", clear enough to show toes, and that weight was estimated at 1000 lbs.)
When
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho Cty
- Nearest Town
- Grangeville
- Direction from Town
- East Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 45
- Population of Town
- 3700
- Latitude
- 460---
- Longitude
- 1150---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- marsh
Source
- Source
- Greg Mastel quoting Ray Higgins
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- OCT 1975
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- OCT 1975
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 18.5
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Greg Mastel may have interviewed
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 1