Class A
First-hand
BFRO #2121
Lake Tahoe sighting by a motorist
Summer 1986
about 11:30 p.m.
El Dorado County, California
2 witnesses
Account
The witness and his wife were driving east on Highway 50 late at night in late summer 1986. As they made a turn on an S-curve, their headlights lit up a large hairy human-like figure walking along the hillside at the roadside about 40 yards ahead. When the road curved away, the figure vanished into darkness, and the two occupants confirmed to each other they had both seen it.
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- huge
- Gait src
- walking
- Other features src
- hairy man-like
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1986
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 11:30 p.m.
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| Place |
El Dorado County, California
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| Map point |
38.7856, -120.5342 (± 38 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of El Dorado County (GEOID 06017); the report gives only the county
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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 |
driving east toward Lake Tahoe
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| Witness's word for it |
huge hairy man-like creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #2121 Primary