Geographical Index > United States > California > Tuolumne County > Report # 1953
(Class B)
Submitted on Tuesday, March 13, 2001.
Deputy Sheriff sees strange footprints above Strawberry
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YEAR: 1963
SEASON: Winter MONTH: December STATE: California COUNTY: Tuolumne County LOCATION DETAILS: Take Highway 108 to Strawberry, California. The location is about 2 miles northwest of Strawberry in Leland Meadow. NEAREST TOWN: Strawberry NEAREST ROAD: Highway 108 OBSERVED: The Deputy Sheriff from Pinecrest reported hundreds of 15 inch tracks with a 5 foot stride in Leland Meadow, a popluar recreation area. No casts were made, but news of the tracks made the local paper, the Union Democrat. OTHER WITNESSES: Sheriff came to the location because the footprints were reported by local residents. TIME AND CONDITIONS: early morning, tracks were in the snow. ENVIRONMENT: Pine forest, about 6,000 feet in elevation.
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