Deep impressions seen in the snow
Account
The witness and companions drove to the summit of Mt. Mitchell in snow and spotted deep impressions in a roadside snowbank on the way down at night. They returned in daylight and examined a trackway of large prints in 18-inch-deep snow leading up a steep bank into the woods. The prints were about 14 by 7 inches with faint possible toe marks and no claws, and the stride suggested a biped that climbed in two steps and stepped over a three-foot-high branch. They searched the road in both directions without finding a crossing point and concluded the animal had traveled along the road.
What was reported
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Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Feet src
- about 14 inches long and seven inches wide
- Gait src
- needed only two steps, stepped over three-foot branch without breaking stride
- Posture src
- bipedal
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
March 1988
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dark
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| Place |
Yancey County, North Carolina
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| Map point |
35.75, -82.26 (± 4 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 3339 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witness was |
driving to and from mountain summit
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| Witness's word for it |
bipedal animal
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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deep impressions in snow on steep roadside bank leading up into woods, interpreted as bipedal tracks
Measurements: about 14 inches long and seven inches wide
snow depth at track site measured in daylight
Measurements: 18 inches
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3339 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference