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

Growl in California (1978)

1978 night, pitch black California 1 witness

Account

On the same trip, after hitchhiking back toward the parked truck, the witness got out in pitch darkness without a flashlight. From the side of the road the witness heard a grunt and movement approaching, then ran to the truck, started it, and drove away without seeing the source.

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Sounds

Growl

Other senses

Movement only

Facts & provenance

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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, pitch black Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:48:52-00:50:43
Place	California Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:48:52-00:50:43 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	37.7583, -119.5952 (± 5 km) Geocoded Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · gnis:252230 · read with 45% confidence USGS GNIS falls 'Yosemite Falls', Mariposa, matched from place name 'Yosemite Falls'
Account type	First-hand Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:50:43-00:52:33
Witnesses	1 Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:48:52-00:50:43 · read with 75% confidence
Witness was	walking back to parked truck at night Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:48:52-00:50:43 · read with 85% confidence
Creature category	UNKNOWN Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #69b382a5-30f0-4438-8cab-1f270c00d963 · transcript:00:48:52-00:52:33 · read with 85% confidence

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