Incident #1001397
North Vancouver, British Columbia
May 1997
Account
John Kirk was hiking at the edge of Ross Lake in the Seymour Demonstration Forest in North Vancouver when he spotted a large footprint in a pile of mud and mulch beside a gravel path. It was 14" x 8" and 1.25" deep. His own print was only a quarter inch deep. A second print was 8 feet away, but facing in the other directionm. There was an acrid odour in the area.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 03 1997
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- Nearest Town
- North Vancouver
- Direction from Town
- North
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Latitude
- 4930--
- Longitude
- 1230--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- gravel road
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- B.C. Cryptonews
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- JULY, 1997
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JULY, 1997
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Average Depth
- 1.25
- Observer Print Depth
- .25
- Number of Tracks
- 2
- Track Condition
- fair
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 1