Incident #1001525
Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California
Jun 1999
Account
M.S. describes finding a 3-toed footprint and a 13 1\2 inch footprint at Fish Lake, and photographing and casting both. He then heard a lot of heavy footfalls and branch breakings outside his tent that night, but saw nothing. There were other people camping not far away.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 05 1999
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1999
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- evening
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weitchpec
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 6
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 17
- Latitude
- 411541
- Longitude
- 1234051
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Nearby Water
- small lake
- Distance to Water
- 75 feet
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- some trees
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Undergrowth
- some
- Species
- pine
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
Source
- Source
- BFRO from M.S. CIA
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- JUN 1999
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1999
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 13.5
- Number of Tracks
- 2
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Relation to Water
- near water
- Remarks
- Fragmentary report does not indicate the size of one print or the number of toes on the other, so they may or may not be from the same individual.
Witness
- Track witnesses
- 1