Incident #1001217
Weippe, Idaho Cty, Idaho
Nov 1978
Account
Ed Hafer took some of his family for a drive to the Musselshell Ranger Station area about 15 miles East of Weippe. Snow on the ground was about 2 feet deep, several inches of it from the night before. He stopped to examine tracks on the road, 14 to 16-inches long and over 6 inches wide, apparently made by a two-legged animal taking 6-foot strides without drag or scuff marks. Fresh snow wiped out detail, but they were deeper than his boot prints. Spread between left and right feet was about 1.5 feet. He studied them for 50 yards, then drove on. The tracks followed the road, then left it and went over a ridge, then returned to the road, 3 to 4 miles in all with no change of stride or pattern.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 24 1978
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weippe
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 600
- Latitude
- 462---
- Longitude
- 1153---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Snow Condition
- new over old
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart intv. with Ed Hafer
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- APR 1979
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1979
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 6.2
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
- Estimated Age
- 12
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 2500
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Feet in Line?
- spread wide apart
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft deep snow
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- MAR 22 1979
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Track witnesses
- several