Sasquatch sighting near Carmel, California (1989)
Account
A British businesswoman on a work trip to California spent a Saturday afternoon photographing sea otters on a beach south of Carmel. She watched six large hairy bipedal creatures enter the cove, with the largest male pulling seaweed from the water for the females to chew and rub on themselves. When a camera part clattered on rocks the male charged, argued vocally with a female, then screamed, slammed its fists and urinated before the witness blacked out. She later woke bruised near her car with her jacket pulled over her head and reported the incident to hotel staff and police, who told her she had seen bears.
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- male seven to eight feet; females five to six and a half feet
- Build src
- very large, very bulky, very hairy; male extremely muscular like bodybuilder with huge thighs; females chubbier with softer features
- Hair colour src
- black hair
- Hair length src
- females shorter hair; male longer ruff 6-8 inches around face/neck, females 3-4 inches
- Face src
- hairless facial area, thin lips, flat teeth with very large canines, big pink mouth when screaming
- Eyes src
- black eyes about four or five inches apart
- Arms src
- slightly longer arms
- Hands src
- very long fingered, fists slammed into sand
- Legs src
- huge thighs
- Gait src
- moving on all fours with lizard-like swimming motion, then popping up to bipedal; male gliding/striding quickly across beach
- Posture src
- bipedal, also quadrupedal
- Apparent sex src
- one definite male, two females with pendulous breasts
- Age / size src
- one adult male, two adult females, three smaller juveniles
- Other features src
- no distinct neck, head popping up sniffing; chest and forearms shaggy/hairless on chest; male with erection and urinating; massive muscles either side of head
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