Incident #992441
Delta, York Cty, Pennsylvania
Jan 1978
Account
Allen and Jeff Hilsmeier found big tracks near a trash dump on their farm and called the newspaper when game officials refused to look at them. No one measured the tracks, many of which were melted out, but the stride, heel to heel was a steady 5 feet, uphill and down. (York Daily Record gives size of 16 by 6 and number 2,000.) No indication of how far the tracks were followed, but they apparently went for miles. At one point a rabbit had been eaten, with only part of a leg and a bit of blood remaining. Hairs were collected from a barbed wire fence, 10 to 12 inches long. Bob Chance was called to investigate.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 28 1978
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- York Cty
- Nearest Town
- Delta
- Latitude
- 3944
- Longitude
- 7627
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
- Near or/at
- garbage dump
- Super Human Action
- Five foot strides, including uphill.
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Snow Condition
- shallow old
Source
- Source
- Bel Air, MD, Aegis, Feb. 2, 1978, Mac LLoyd quoting Allen Hilsmeier and son Jeff. Also York, PA, Daily Record, Jan. 15, 1979.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 60
- Number of Tracks
- 2000
- Track Condition
- poor
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard shallow snow
Witness
- Observer Was
- farming