Incident #991529
Rhinelander, Oneida Cty, Wisconsin
Sep 1979
Account
On hearing of footprint find by Keith McCaffrey, Bruce Wendt, a prominent bear hunter contacted McCaffrey to say that he and a partner had discovered similar tracks a month earlier.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 08 1979
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Wisconsin
- County
- Oneida Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rhinelander
- Latitude
- 4538
- Longitude
- 8924
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Source
- Source
- Rev. Gene Baade letter quoting Bruce Wendt
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- big
- Number of Tracks
- few
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting