Incident #1001264
Uinta Mountains, Utah
Jan 1981
Account
Leonard Howlett and his son Lester, logging in the Uinta Mountains in early January, found huge footprints in the snow by their camp one morning. There were two sets of prints, six feet apart, each 19 inches by 11 inches with a 54-inch stride. Heel, instep and ball, and sometimes toes, could be seen in the prints. They followed for a while but had to give it up. Pictures were taken next day when someone with a camera arrived. No location given.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1981
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Utah
- County
- Uinta Mountains
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Snow Condition
- snow
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Pleasant Grove, Utah, Review, quoting Leonard Howl
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAR 05 1981
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- APR 1981
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 19.0
- Greates Width
- 11.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 54
- Estimated Age
- 12
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- fair
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging
- Track witnesses
- 2