Incident #991067
Vincennes, Knox Cty, Indiana
Oct 1982
Account
Dan Thais noticed big tracks in loose dirt placed on old county dumpsite. Got Jim Thompson and they followed for a mile across field and through woods. Saplings and branches broken off 8 to 9 feet up, tracks four feet apart uphill and down, through tough areas where humans would go around. Stopped following at property where trespassers unwelcome.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 23 1982
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Knox Cty
- Nearest Town
- Vincennes
- Latitude
- 3840
- Longitude
- 8731
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
- Near or/at
- trees
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- Vincennes, IN, Sun Commercial, Oct 31, 1982. Also Dan Thais article in Bigfoot Co-op.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.5
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Number of Tracks
- 1300
- Tracks Came From
- open
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Observer Was
- outside on foot