Incident #991230
Koochiching Cty, Minnesota
1978
Account
Harvey Cole and two others were cruising timber on a small island in the big bog country north of Red Lake, Minn., when they came on a line of huge prints in 30 inches of snow. The prints had snow drifted and melted into them, but were probably 12 to 16 inches and 7 to 8 inches wide, with a space between them of 4 feet. They followed for a distance and found hair that was not moose hair rubbed on a tree. Later another timber cruiser said he had seen the same track about the same time 3 miles farther north. Cole works for the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources.
When
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Koochiching Cty
- Latitude
- 4752
- Longitude
- 9501
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- island
- Near or/at
- marsh
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Nearby Water
- swamp
- Snow Condition
- deep old
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- The Sasquatch Report, Sept. 1990, Tim Olson interview in 1986 with Harvey C. Cle of the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources.
Creature description
- Evidence Left
- hair
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Track Condition
- poorýpoorýpoor
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on footýlogging