Folklore / legend
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7
Paranormal encounter near Hoopa, California (1960)
1960–1999
Hoopa, California
Account
A community story tells of an alleged shape-shifter who terrorized pedestrians from the 1960s to the 1990s. People would see the man, then a dog, then the man again down the road as if he had teleported, reportedly wearing the dog's fur as a coat.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Apparent sex src
- male
- Clothing src
- wearing dog's fur as coat
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1960–1999
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7
· transcript:00:21:34-00:23:32
· read with 70% confidence
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| Place |
Hoopa, California
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7
· transcript:00:21:34-00:23:32
· read with 60% confidence
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| Map point |
41.0796, -123.6977 (± 15 km)
Geocoded
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7
· gazetteer:place
· read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Hoopa CDP (GEOID 0634540), matched from nearest town 'Hoopa'
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| Account type |
Folklore / legend
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7
· transcript:00:21:34-00:23:32
· read with 60% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7
· transcript:00:21:34-00:23:32
· read with 70% confidence
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| Witness was |
walking around the streets
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7
· transcript:00:21:34-00:23:32
· read with 85% confidence
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| Witness's word for it |
old engine devil
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7
· transcript:00:21:34-00:23:32
· read with 80% confidence
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| Creature category |
PARANORMAL
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7
· transcript:00:21:34-00:23:32
· read with 50% confidence
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Source timeline
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