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Geographical Index > United States > Idaho > Lemhi County > Report # 4187 Report # 4187 (Class B) Submitted by witness R. F. on Wednesday, April 24, 2002. Runner finds large tracks near North Fork (Show Printer-friendly Version) YEAR: 1996 SEASON: Spring MONTH: May STATE: Idaho COUNTY: Lemhi County LOCATION DETAILS: This location is about 8-10 miles south of the Lost Trail pass summit. Twin Creeks campground road turnoff and about 3 miles up the fire road that proceeds left up the mountain to overlook the North Fork of the Salmon River. NEAREST TOWN: North Fork, Idaho NEAREST ROAD: HWY 93 OBSERVED: My experience was with my finding "tracks". I am a runner who has a cabin and property in the Salmon River mountain area off of HWY 93 on the North Fork of the Salmon on the Hughes Creek Drainage. One of the areas I like to explore in the spring when the spring comes are the "fire roads" off of HWY 93 up into the mountains that surround the Lost Trail Pass. I decided to go up into the "Twin Creeks" area. I made my way up an unused fire road which was surfaced with a very fine dust. This dust showed my footprints distinctly, which I noticed on my way down, particularily. I went up approx. 3 miles and turned around. During my outing, I made a distinct sound with my drink bottle which, when emtied it, I filled with rocks and rattled. This is because I did not want to surprise any bears which might be in my vacinity. About 1 miles after I turned around, I had been retracing my own footprints and watching carefully so as not to fall, I realized that I had crossed a new set of tracks traversing mine diagnally across the road. THEY WERE NEW! THEY HAD BEEM CREATED SINCE I HAD PASSED GOING UP! I halted myself and assessed what I was seeing and I will never Know a feeling of such acknowledgment. I could not believe, or rather I DID believe that what I saw was beyond my comprehension. I am a college graduate and teach for a natural science school in Utah and everything that I knew did not fit what I was seeing. TWO sets of prints, one was at least 13"-14" long and 5" wide and the second set was a miniture of these. NO INSTEP, and five distinct toes at the top. The great toe was very broad. Needless to say, I ran out of there instinctually, faster than I have run in my life. When I discussed this with my local friends (family) I was met with silence and not doubt... I had never given the idea of Bigfoot a second thought and now I don't know what else to consider. ALSO NOTICED: Apart from the tracks there were no other signs. I do not know if there was curiosity about the sounds I was making with the rocks or if we just happened to intersect. NO ONE ever goes that far up these road in the early spring, (accept me...) OTHER WITNESSES: Not at the location, but I spoke the the local Fish and Game man the next morning, as soon as I could get ahold of him. It had rained considerably that night so we did not try to revisit the site. OTHER STORIES: I have not, however, when I spoke to my neighbors about it I had the feeling that this was not a "big surprise". There was belief and fear...? TIME AND CONDITIONS: This occurred at miday and it was in intermitent cloudiness. ENVIRONMENT: This is a very heavily forested area and very steep. It is covered with tall timber and somewhat dense undergrowth. It is virtually inaccessable accept by these "fire roads". Follow-up investigation report:
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