Incident #991091
West Bend, Palo Alto Cty, Iowa
Sep 1978
Account
Ellis Shellmeyer found tracks under Brown's Bridge on the West Des Moines River. He and August Shafer made photos and casts.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 07 1978
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Palo Alto Cty
- Nearest Town
- West Bend
- Latitude
- 4257
- Longitude
- 9426
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- sandbar
- Near or/at
- bridge or wharf
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Mark Hall in Minnesota Archaeologist, Feb 1979, giving newspaper sources, quoting Ellis Shellmeyer and August Shafer. Also Des Moines Sunday Register, Nov 12, 1978.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 5.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 38
- Number of Tracks
- 24
- Track Condition
- fair
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
Witness
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore