Incident #1001280
Dillingham, Dillingham Cty, Alaska
Feb 1978
Account
Unnamed residents of Iliamna reported seeing 18-inch tracks in snow leading from the local flight station to the airport, about two miles, and continuing into the hills. There were also handprints, and a rump imprint in three inches of snow.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 10 1978
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Dillingham Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dillingham
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 135
- Population of Town
- 500
- Latitude
- 594---
- Longitude
- 1550---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Snow Condition
- snow
Source
- Source
- Anchorage, Alaska, News
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- FEB 11 1978
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAR 1978
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Went to
- hill