Class B Second-hand BFRO #1953

Deputy Sheriff sees strange footprints above Strawberry

December 1963 early morning Strawberry, Tuolumne County, California

Account

A deputy sheriff responded to reports from local residents about footprints in Leland Meadow. The deputy reported finding hundreds of tracks in the snow, described as 15 inches long with a 5-foot stride. No casts were made, but the find was reported in the local newspaper.

Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .

What was reported

Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.

Physical traces

Facts & provenance

Each value names where it came from.

Date
December 1963
Stated BFRO report #1953 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
early morning
Stated BFRO report #1953 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Strawberry, Tuolumne County, California
Stated BFRO report #1953 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
38.23, -119.98 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 1953 with published boundary
Account type
Second-hand
Derived BFRO report #1953 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 65% confidence
Witness was
responding to reported footprints
Stated BFRO report #1953 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #1953 · 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

hundreds of 15-inch tracks with a 5-foot stride in snow

Measurements: 15 inch length, 5 foot stride

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.

  1. Published 2001-03-13 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 7df86f9b8815
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “the Union Democrat”
    Not in the Anomadex yet