Incident #1001212
Pinehurst, Shoshone Cty, Idaho
Sep 1976
Account
George McCormick and wife camped at Bumblebee campground, left after being disturbed by a loud scream and a disagreeable odour. Scream started as a low growly moan, progressed to a laughing hyena sound and ended in a long-lasting high-pitched scream. A week later they returned to see what they could find and located one good track 16 inches long, wider than a human track, with 5 toes, half an inch deep in soft dirt. (Date and weather go with scream, not footprint find)
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 11 1976
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Shoshone Cty
- Nearest Town
- Pinehurst
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Latitude
- 474---
- Longitude
- 1161---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Substratum
- fine material
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart phone call to George McCormick
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- SEP 29 1976
- Source reliability
- 1
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NOV 1976
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- wide
- Average Depth
- 0.50
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- weeks
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Track Condition
- fair
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Remarks
- Bad odour and scream associated with track.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- moderate
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- SEP 29 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Track witnesses
- 2