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Cryptid sighting in California

Date unknown California 2 witnesses

Account

The guest and his wife were driving back from the mountains when a huge tailed animal slid down a road cut. It stood on two legs, dropped to all fours to cross the road, then stood again and left through brush. His wife called it a giant mountain lion while he stressed it walked on hind legs.

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What was reported

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Described appearance

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Build src
five, 600 pounds, huge
Face src
looked like female African lion
Gait src
stood on two feet, dropped to all fours to cross, stood again
Other features src
had a tail, lion and mountain lion mix, tail on one side nose clearing other

Facts & provenance

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Place
California
Map point
38.0075, -119.0154 (± 5 km)
USGS GNIS lake 'Mono Lake', Mono, matched from place name 'Mono Lake'
Account type
First-hand
Witnesses
2
Figures reported
1
Witness was
driving with wife
Witness's word for it
biggest mountain lion I have ever seen
Creature category
OTHER_CRYPTID

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2018-06-24 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Listen from 0:34:56 (account ends about 0:38:43) Hash fdacb44bc473
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