Incident #1001202
Orofino, Clearwater Cty, Idaho
Jan 1974
Account
Max Schafer was hunting with cougar hounds near Weippe, Idaho, in deep snow, most of it fallen the evening before. ILn thick brush he came on tracks apparently bipedal but much larger and deeper than his own. They went through the brush in a straight line. He followed a short distance but quit because of the thick brush. His dogs sniffed the tracks but ignored them.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Clearwater Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orofino
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 2500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4611--
- Longitude
- 11555--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plateau
- Snow Condition
- deep new
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart phone call from Max Schafer
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- MAY 09 1974
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1974
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Average Depth
- deep
- Estimated Age
- 12
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft deep snow
- Remarks
- Cougar hounds showed no interest in the tracks.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- MAY 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Track witnesses
- 1