Incident #992749
Lenoir, Caldwell Cty, North Carolina
Sep 1998
Account
Chad Triplett, fishing in Wilson Creek Gorge on Brown Mountain beach road, close to "the lady on the rock", saw where something heavy had walked in sand across the creek, then found a single print on his side, estimated a size 15 or 16 and two inches wider than his size 10.5 boot.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 09 1998
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- North Carolina
- County
- Caldwell Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lenoir
- Latitude
- 3555
- Longitude
- 8133
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- rock
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male and child
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO posting from Chad Triplett, Lenoir, NC, <[email protected]> and 7-year-old son.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Greates Width
- 6.5
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore