Incident #1001348
South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado Cty, California
Aug 1974
Account
Melinda Minehart reported that she and others climbed a steep slope to play in the snow near Kirkwood Ski Area, and from the top saw down below an 8 to 10-foot brownish-black creature drinking, presumably at the small spring mentioned in the report. When they came down it left. Later, at campfire, they heard something moving in the grass and "Steve" found footprints about 18" by 8". Location presumed near South Lake Tahoe, Kirkwood Ski Area not on available maps.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 07 1974
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- El Dorado Cty
- Nearest Town
- South Lake Tahoe
- Population of Town
- 20000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 80
- Latitude
- 385---
- Longitude
- 1195---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- hill
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- No
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Joel Hurd written incident report filled in by Mel
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1975
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAY 1975
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Use of Water
- drink
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
- Remarks
- Footprints may have been only shapes in smashed grass.
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Joel Hurd sent her an incident report form
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- several
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 10 to 15