Incident #1001220
Orofino, Clearwater Cty, Idaho
Oct 1979
Account
Don McIntosh and James Vargovich were hunting 3 or 4 miles from the McIntosh home on Brown's Creek about 11 road miles East of Weippe. There was a little new snow in the open, not under the trees. McIntosh came upon 12 tracks a little over a foot long and 5 or 6 inches wide crossing a patch of snow with a stride over 3 feet. Five toes, flat, with a bulge on the inside of the ball of each foot.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 14 1979
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Clearwater Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orofino
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 24
- Population of Town
- 2500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 33
- Latitude
- 4621--
- Longitude
- 11547--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Snow Condition
- shallow patches
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Russ Gebhart intv. with Don McIntosh and James Var
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- NOV 6 1979
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1979
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Greates Width
- 5.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 38
- Estimated Age
- 12
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 12
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Bumps Y/N
- Yes
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- trees
- Tracks Went to
- trees
- Remarks
- A bulge on the inside of the ball on each foot.
Witness
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- NOV 4, 1979
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Track witnesses
- 5