Sighting by bow hunter / motorist at 6:30 AM near Butte Creek
Account
Around 6:30 a.m. the witness was driving down into a campground area when they noticed a large dark shape moving through willows along a creek about 200 yards downstream from a bridge. The figure first looked like a person but moved with a very fluid walk and pronounced arm swing unlike a person. By the time the witness alerted a companion the figure was gone, and a later check of the gravelly area found disturbed rocks but no footprints.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- large
- Arms src
- exaggerated arm swing
- Gait src
- very fluid walk with an exaggerated arm swing
- Other features src
- dark colored
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 1980
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 6:30 am
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| Place |
Butte County, California
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| Map point |
39.9049, -121.6943 (± 38 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Butte Meadows' and 'Chico'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Butte Meadows', Butte)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving into campground area
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| Witness's word for it |
a large dark colored shape
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #1547 Primary