Incident #1001277
Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Cty, Alaska
1978
Account
On May 13, 1979, Paula Sue Apyer found on an island in Montana Creek, on her property South of Talkeetna, three partial footprints apparently made before the snow the preceding autumn. Five toes with an 8-inch spread, ball of a foot estimated to have a total length of 16 to 17 inches, but heels missing. Depth of imprints .75 to 1 inch. Stride 7 to 8 feet.
When
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Matanuska-Susitna Cty
- Nearest Town
- Anchorage
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 70
- Population of Town
- 45000
- Latitude
- 6209--
- Longitude
- 15000--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- island
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Exact Terrain
- stream
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Paula Sue Apyer letter to John Green
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- MAY 17 1979
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1979
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Stride in Inches Average
- 90
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- months
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Track Condition
- fair
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Relation to Water
- out then in
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- water
- Remarks
- Tracks partial, heels didn't show. On 1 acre island in creek, so must have arrived and left through water.
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Track witnesses
- 4