Incident #1001442
Hume, Fresno Cty, California
Sep 1973
Account
On a fishing trip in Sequoia National Forest, Larry Lesh and Vanwedigen camped on a bluff below the canyon rim on the North Fork of the Kings River between Black Rock and Lily Pad campgrounds, below Wishon Reservoir. In the morning Vanwedigen found a single footprint in a pool of wet sand below a spring in the canyon wall, about 100 feet below the rim and 800 feet above the river. Print was 17 inches long, with 5 clear toes, and sank 2.5 inches in the sand.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 01 1973
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- morning
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Fresno Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hume
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 45
- Latitude
- 365---
- Longitude
- 1190---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- cliff
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- canyon
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- spring, river
- Distance to Water
- 5 feet
- Substratum
- solid rock
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO report from Larry Lesh
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- AUG 16 1998
- Source reliability
- 1
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1999
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Average Depth
- 2.50
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand
- Relation to Water
- near water
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, fishing, shore
- Track witnesses
- 2