Incident #1001452
Chester, Plumas Cty, California
Jun 1998
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 10 1998
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Plumas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Chester
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 9
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 70
- Latitude
- 40253-
- Longitude
- 12131-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- rolling hills
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Substratum
- solid rock, fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- Species
- Red fir, lodgepole pine
- Variety
- Manzanita
Weather and light
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- DEC 23 1998
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 2
Creature description
- Sound
- scream
- Odour
- strong
- Describe Unsual
- NO sighting, just tracks and sikly sweet strong smell and screaching vocalization, not bear or cougar.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- poor
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50