Incident #991035
Dixon, Lee Cty, Illinois
Jul 1976
Account
One fisherman said that early in the morning park benches in 200-acre Lowell Park were thrown around and big footprints all around them. By afternoon the only tracks found were upstream to the North, two good prints and several heel prints. Park is two miles North of Dixon and is heavily timbered. The tracks were in a deserted area and ended at the bank of the Rock River.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 05 1976
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Lee Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dixon
- Latitude
- 4151
- Longitude
- 8929
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Rockford, IL, Morning Star, Jul 6 1976, quoting fisherman and others.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 8.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 40
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- toes all about the same
- Tracks Went to
- water
Witness
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore