Class A First-hand BFRO #2137

Placerville track found and cast

17 July 1996 El Dorado County, California 1 witness

Account

The witness reports discovering several large footprints near a small stream northeast of Placerville, with broken branches nearby. Only one print was clear enough to photograph, and the witness returned the next day to make a plaster cast. The cast was shown to Fish and Game staff who dismissed it, and it has since been kept in storage.

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What was reported

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Physical traces

Facts & provenance

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Date
17 July 1996
Stated BFRO report #2137 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Place
El Dorado County, California
Stated BFRO report #2137 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County
Map point
38.7856, -120.5342 (± 38 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #2137 · gazetteer:county · read with 30% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of El Dorado County (GEOID 06017); the report gives only the county
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #2137 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #2137 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #2137 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Tracks

Several prints observed near stream, only one clear enough to document

Measurements: 22'' long

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Measurement

Print measured 22 inches long with claw-like nails and human-like shape with different contours

Measurements: 22'' long

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Photograph

Photographs taken of the single clear print

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Cast

Plaster cast made of the print on return visit the next day

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tree damage

Broken tree branches observed along stream near prints

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 1997-07-07 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 383a4a493aa8
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