First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 446

Sasquatch sighting in California (1997)

1997 about 2 AM California 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and his friend stopped on a narrow mountain road at night and saw a huge backlit hairy figure watching them from uphill. The witness threw a beer bottle toward it, it grunted and swayed, and they fled in the truck.

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What was reported

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Sightings

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Sounds

Growl

Context & caveats

Animal behaviour

Described appearance

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Height src: almost 9 feet tall, every bit of ninth foot
Build src: massive, four foot across shoulders
Hair colour src: very dark
Other features src: round head, not conical, backlit outline

Facts & provenance

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Date	1997 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 446 · transcript:00:16:08-00:18:14 · read with 85% confidence
Time of day	about 2 AM Stated Bigfoot Society EP 446 · transcript:00:12:05-00:14:05
Place	California Stated Bigfoot Society EP 446 · transcript:00:10:03-00:12:05 · read with 80% confidence
Map point	37.0121, -121.7049 (± 5 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 446 · gnis:227925 · read with 45% confidence USGS GNIS summit 'Mount Madonna', Santa Clara, matched from place name 'Mount Madonna'
Account type	First-hand Stated Bigfoot Society EP 446 · transcript:00:12:05-00:14:05
Witnesses	2 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 446 · transcript:00:10:03-00:12:05 · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 446 · transcript:00:12:05-00:14:05 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	driving back down mountain, stopped to relieve selves Stated Bigfoot Society EP 446 · transcript:00:12:05-00:14:05 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it	this creature Stated Bigfoot Society EP 446 · transcript:00:14:05-00:16:08 · read with 80% confidence
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 446 · transcript:00:10:03-00:18:14 · read with 88% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 446 Podcast Interview

Published 2024-06-03 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:10:03 (account ends about 0:18:14) Hash e466a43e3292

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