A large, unseen growling animal breaks large branches as it moves quickly up a hillside
Account
The witness and a companion hiked about five miles up a creek to fish and felt they were being watched as the forest went unusually quiet. During an afternoon thunderstorm a lightning strike hit across the creek, after which they heard a growling or grunting sound and branches breaking high in trees moving rapidly up the creek and mountain out of hearing. The witness briefly saw a large shadow moving in the woods but nothing conclusive, and they could not search for prints because a fire from the strike caused evacuation.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- pretty tall
- Gait src
- moving fast
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1970
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late afternoon
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| Place |
Inyo County, California
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| Map point |
37.3635, -118.3951 (± 15 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Bishop'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Bishop', Inyo)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Witness was |
hiking and fishing up a creek
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| Witness's word for it |
a large shadow
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #2182 Primary