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Sasquatch sighting near Lake County (1958)

July 1958 around 7:30 in the evening just after sunset Lake County, California 3 witnesses

Account

The witness, then a teenager, was riding with his brother and a friend in an old pickup checking irrigation on his father's walnut ranch when they spotted a tall hairy biped moving through the orchard. They chased it by farm roads as it ran uphill diagonally across a 40-acre block, stopped to watch it pass close by, then followed it across more blocks until it crossed a road and disappeared into dense brush on a neighboring property. Afterwards they inspected its long strides in wet ground and decided not to tell his father for fear of losing their irrigation job.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Physical traces

Described appearance

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Height src
seven or eight feet tall
Build src
lean, about 500 pounds, shoulders maybe four feet wide
Hair length src
shorter, hairline close to brow line
Face src
human-like, broad but long nose, thin lips, heavy brow ridge
Eyes src
big brown eyes sunken back a little bit
Arms src
hung down below knees, swinging in wide arc
Feet src
huge feet
Gait src
ran upright with long strides, knees bent, about 25 feet per step
Posture src
bipedal upright, had to turn whole body to look back
Other features src
completely covered with hair, no visible ears, shoulders met sides of head

Facts & provenance

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Date
July 1958
Time of day
around 7:30 in the evening just after sunset
Place
Lake County, California
Map point
39.1080, -122.7452 (± 33 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Lake County (GEOID 06033); the report gives only the county
Account type
First-hand
Witnesses
3
Figures reported
1
Witness was
moving irrigation pipe and checking sprinklers at night
Witness's word for it
this thing
Creature category
SASQUATCH

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Tracks

Measurements: stride about 25 feet per step

transcript:00:20:32-00:22:25

Source timeline

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