Incident #1001214
McCall, Valley Cty, Idaho
Mar 1977
Account
Robert Espy was snowmobiling with friends near a small lake 1.5 miles East of McCall where they found footprints varying from 15 to 20 inches in length and 7 to 9 in width, spaced several feet apart. They followed them 2.5 miles in 11-inch deep snow until they entered a heavily wooded area.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 01 1977
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Valley Cty
- Nearest Town
- McCall
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 1.5
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 44542-
- Longitude
- 116041-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Related incident id
- 1001195, 1001196
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- Snow Condition
- deep old
- Cover
- some trees
Source
- Source
- Boise, Idaho, The Idaho Statesman, quoting Robert
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAR 13 1977
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1977
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Came From
- open
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Interviewer
- Idaho Statesman writer
- Interview date
- MAR 1977
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- snowmobiling
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 51 to 60
- Other report by this witness
- 3