Hikers find footprint in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Account
The witness was backpacking with a companion in the Great Smoky Mountains and left the trail to bushwhack through a shallow creek. The witness found a single large bare footprint with five toes in silty sand and examined it for some time. No other prints or nearby camping spots were noted, and the witness felt familiar bear prints could not explain it.
What was reported
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Physical traces
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1975
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| Time of day |
Early afternoon
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| Place |
Swain County, North Carolina
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| Map point |
35.51, -83.56 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 4763 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Witness was |
backpacking and bushwhacking in a creek
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
Single distinct downstream-pointed bare primate-shaped footprint with five toes in silty sand in shallow creek.
Measurements: 12 -14 inches long by estimate; follow-up states fourteen inches long and five inches wide
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and recorded the footprint dimensions and experience with wildlife prints.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #4763 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference