Incident #992748
Busick, Yancey Cty, North Carolina
Mar 1988
Account
Anonymous informant, four-wheeling on Mount Mitchell, highest peak in eastern U.S. (6,684 ft), with some friends, mile below peak saw tracks in deep snow beside the road, 14" x 7", up to 18" deep. Went up bank bipedally, taking two steps where a tall man needed 8, and going over a fallen branch 3 feet off the ground without breaking stride. Could not find where tracks came on the road. Apparently did not try to follow them far off the road.
When
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- North Carolina
- County
- Yancey Cty
- Nearest Town
- Busick
- Latitude
- 3546
- Longitude
- 8216
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- high bank
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Snow Condition
- deep old
Source
- Source
- BFRO Cur. from <wolfpack@[email protected]>
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- long
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard deep snow
- Tracks Came From
- road
- Tracks Went to
- high bank
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car