Incident #992595
Mount Joy, Lancaster Cty, Pennsylvania
Nov 1994
Account
A mechanic at a strip mine site near Mount Joy found prints 17 inches by 9 inches that led from a field to the mine. Heavy equipment had been over most of the area but there were enough tracks to establish a stride of more than 4 feet.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 15 1994
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1994
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Lancaster Cty
- Nearest Town
- Mount Joy
- Latitude
- 4014
- Longitude
- 7614
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- work site
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Source
- Source
- Clearfield etc., PA, Progress, Nov. 16, 1994, quoting unnamed mechanic.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 50
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Tracks Came From
- field
- Tracks Went to
- work site
Witness
- Observer Was
- work outdoors