Incident #1001271
Lander, Fremont Cty, Wyoming
about 1973
Account
Jim DeLozier, then 12, was rock hunting about a mile from where his family was camped at Washakie Lake (not on available maps) in the Wind River Mountains, when he found five tracks 16 inches by 7 inches, sunk two inches in the dirt where his own boot only made an outline.
When
- Year
- about 1973
Where
- State / province
- Wyoming
- County
- Fremont Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lander
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 9000
- Latitude
- 425---
- Longitude
- 1090---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- over half mile
Source
- Source
- Jim DeLozier letter to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- FEB 24 1981
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- APR 1981
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Average Depth
- 2.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.10
- Observer Weight
- 170
- Number of Tracks
- 5
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- rockhounding, camping
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 10 to 15