Incident #992931
Bryson City, Swain Cty, North Carolina
Jan 1998
Account
Hiking on the Appalachian Trail about 4 miles north of Nantahala Outdoor Center, in a canyon with snow and ice, saw large, bare, 'human' footprint, about 13" long, in the snow patches for a mile and a half of steep trail, going North.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 05 1998
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- North Carolina
- County
- Swain Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bryson City
- Latitude
- 3530
- Longitude
- 8340
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- canyon
Witnesses
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from confidential CIA
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking