Class B First-hand BFRO #1496

Cousins have late night experience with strange screams near Huntington Lake

October 1999 around dusk Huntington Lake, Fresno County, California 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a relative were walking in a meadow below ranch buildings around dusk when they heard a prolonged loud screaming vocalization from nearby trees and heard movement circling the meadow. They retreated to ranch buildings and continued hearing vocalizations around the ranch overnight. The next day they found no tracks on frozen ground but found a large handprint with long fingers on a food storeroom door.

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What was reported

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Described appearance

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Hands src
palm nearly as big as both palms put together, fingers as big as three fingers in length, long fingers

Facts & provenance

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Date
October 1999
Stated BFRO report #1496 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
around dusk
Stated BFRO report #1496 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
Huntington Lake, Fresno County, California
Stated BFRO report #1496 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
37.24, -119.24 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 1496 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #1496 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Stated BFRO report #1496 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
walking in a meadow while closing ranch for winter
Stated BFRO report #1496 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
the Yargle thing
Stated BFRO report #1496 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #1496 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Handprint

oily handprint found on food storeroom door, still partly visible the next summer, positioned upside down near bottom as if prying

Measurements: palm nearly as big as both my palms put together, fingers as big as three of mine in length

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and added details to the report.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2001-01-26 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash d451678eb33e
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
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The report refers to

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