Incident #991785
Converse, Sabine Cty, Louisiana
Nov 1977
Account
Helen Paddie found tracks leading from a heavily wooded area down a ditch, across the road and back into the woods. Mrs. J.W. Shemwells took a photo that appeared in the Mansfield Enterprise. Deputies made a plaster cast. Location four miles west of Converse.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 23 1977
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Louisiana
- County
- Sabine Cty
- Nearest Town
- Converse
- Latitude
- 3147
- Longitude
- 9346
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ditch
- Near or/at
- road
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- lake
Source
- Source
- Many, LA, Sabine Index, Dec. 1, 1977, quoting Helen Paddie, J.W. Shemwells, Helen Price, Police Chief Bobby Brumley, Sheriff George Cook. George Cook.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 5.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Tracks Came From
- trees
- Tracks Went to
- trees
- Foot Shape
- narrow
Witness
- Observer Was
- hunting