Daylight sighting by hikers in Ventana Wilderness
Account
The witness and his son were hiking a ridgeline trail with the son walking ahead. The son encountered a large hairy biped running toward him, screamed, and watched it run past him downhill into dense brush. The witness ran forward after hearing the scream, heard loud crashing in the brush, and caught only a brief glimpse of a dark shape disappearing.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Height src
- clearly over 6 ft tall
- Build src
- weighing more than 190 lbs
- Hair colour src
- very dark
- Legs src
- on two legs
- Gait src
- running
- Posture src
- bipedal
- Other features src
- covered in hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
15 June 1986
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| Time of day |
About 10 AM
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| Place |
Carmel CA, Monterey County, California
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| Map point |
36.38, -121.71 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 12292 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
family hike on a ridgeline trail
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| Witness's word for it |
a bipedal creature, covered in hair
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Bart Cutino (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the secondary witness and recorded additional location and encounter details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #12292 Primary
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