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First-hand Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963

Footsteps in California (1978)

1978 night California 1 witness

Account

While on leave and hiking toward Yosemite Falls, the witness slept in a mummy bag without a tent. After dark something approached on two feet and repeatedly pushed the bag with what felt like fingers and knuckles, then walked away. The witness waited, looked around, and saw nothing.

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Footsteps

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Date
1978
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · sasquatch_chronicles:show_notes · read with 75% confidence
Time of day
night
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:42:45-00:45:02
Place
California
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:42:45-00:45:02
Map point
37.9110, -119.2579 (± 5 km)
Geocoded Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · gnis:255154 · read with 45% confidence
USGS GNIS gap 'Tioga Pass', Tuolumne, matched from place name 'Tioga Pass'
Account type
First-hand
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:42:45-00:45:02
Witnesses
1
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:42:45-00:45:02 · read with 70% confidence
Witness was
hiking and sleeping in sleeping bag
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:42:45-00:45:02 · read with 85% confidence
Creature category
UNKNOWN
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:42:45-00:46:54 · read with 85% confidence

Source timeline

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  1. Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 Podcast Interview
    Published 2021-07-16 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Listen from 0:42:45 (account ends about 0:46:54) Hash 49ae95a30a72
    Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)