Incident #992649
Berens River, Lake Winnipeg E., Manitoba
Jul 1988
Account
John Larson, manager of the Hudson Bay store at Poplar River, found 14" x 7" tracks sunk an inch in mud on a hill while he was fishing. He and Indian constable Gerald Valiquette followed them almost a mile into the bush, and R.C.M.P. Const. Patrick Madden of Lac du Bonnet detachment made casts. Four toes and a 14-foot stride raised doubts.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Manitoba
- County
- Lake Winnipeg E.
- Nearest Town
- Berens River
- Latitude
- 5259
- Longitude
- 9715
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hill
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Nearby Water
- lakeýriver
Source
- Source
- Winnipeg, Man. Sun, July 27, 1988, quoting John Larson, Poplar River, Man., and Gerald Valiquette, Indian constable, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Const. Patrick Madden.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Average Depth
- 1.00
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 600
- Stride in Inches Average
- 168
- Number of Tracks
- 400
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore