Press report Related account BFRO #1563

Tracks near Del Norte County

in prior years Del Norte County, California
Someone else's experience, retold. This event is described inside another report — Two men on horseback film a bigfoot as it retreats out of the creek bed and into the woods. The footage is referred to as the Patterson-Gimlin footage, named after the two men who obtained it. It is catalogued separately because it is a different occasion, not a duplicate.

Account

In earlier years workers noticed large human-like footprints on soft soil of new logging roads in the same area.

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Date
in prior years
Stated BFRO report #1563 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
Del Norte County, California
Derived BFRO report #1563 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Map point
41.7499, -123.9810 (± 32 km)
Derived BFRO report #1563 · derived:same-place-as-main · read with 30% confidence
The report places this event at its main event's location (COUNTY_CENTROID)

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  1. Published 1998-01-01 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 0f0266649b9d
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization