Incident #992773
Ironton, Iron Cty, Missouri
May 1998
Account
Tim McCall and his brother were on top of Proffit Mountain, hiking on the Taum Sauk Mountain trail. In a forest glade they came on a track in some fresh mud, not strikingly long, but 7 to 8 inches wide. Toe marks showed, with no claws. (Tom Sauk Mountain is only 1,772 feet high)
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Missouri
- County
- Iron Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ironton
- Latitude
- 3736
- Longitude
- 9038
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trail
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Tim McCall <[email protected]>, track also seen by McCall's brother.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- human size
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Foot Shape
- wide
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking