Incident #1001307
Edmonton, Abee, Alberta
Dec 1977
Account
Andy Zachary found tracks in the snow around the back of his general store in Abee, two feet long and with a 7-foot stride, some showing toe imprints. Corp. Richard Goodall and trapper Nick Smalarchuk said that in more firm snow in the bush the tracks showed tread marks of a boot. However Goodall also said stride was within extremes of human walking range "just on the point of starting to run", which is nonsense.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 09 1977
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Abee
- Nearest Town
- Edmonton
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 600000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 5413--
- Longitude
- 11258--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Snow Condition
- snow
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Edmonton, Alberta, Journal, quoting Andy Zachary a
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- DEC 10 1977
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1978
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 24.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 84
- Estimated Age
- 8
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Remarks
- Husky dog made quite a fuss around 5 a.m.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Track witnesses
- many