Incident #991902
Powderly, Lamar Cty, Texas
Apr 1980
Account
Farmer checking trotlines found tracks around a fishing pond, entering the water at one point.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Lamar Cty
- Nearest Town
- Powderly
- Latitude
- 3349
- Longitude
- 9532
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- many
Setting
- Nearby Water
- pond
Source
- Source
- Temple, TX, Daily Telegram, Apr. 11, 1980, quoting unnamed farmer.
Creature description
- Water Activity
- wade in
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 43
- Number of Toes
- 4
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore