First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 342

Sasquatch sighting near Lake County (1958)

July 1958 about seven o'clock at night Lake County, California 3 witnesses

Account

The witness and two young companions were driving through the family walnut orchard after moving irrigation pipe when they spotted someone walking among the trees. They paralleled the figure in their pickup as it ran uphill through muddy and cultivated ground. It emerged from the trees close to the road, looked toward them and grinned, then continued over the hill, crossed a road in front of them, ran between neighboring barns and disappeared into tall brush.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Road crossing

Sounds

Footsteps

Physical traces

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Context & caveats

Animal behaviour

Described appearance

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Height src: seven to seven and a half feet tall
Build src: very heavy, very muscular, not wide shoulders, 500-550 pounds or more
Face src: humanoid features like an Indian, grinned without showing teeth, wide mouth, heavy brow ridge
Arms src: arms swinging
Hands src: hands down by knees
Legs src: knees lower than human knees
Feet src: about sixteen or seventeen inches long
Gait src: glided without bobbing, four foot stride uphill, ten to fifteen foot stride downhill running 25-30 mph
Posture src: bipedal
Clothing src: no clothes, just hair
Other features src: round head, no conical head, could not see ears, hairline within inch or two of brow, no hair on face and neck

Facts & provenance

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Date	July 1958 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 342 · transcript:00:24:37-00:26:40 · read with 85% confidence
Time of day	about seven o'clock at night Stated Bigfoot Society EP 342 · transcript:00:10:18-00:12:22
Place	Lake County, California Stated Bigfoot Society EP 342 · transcript:00:06:08-00:08:15
Map point	39.1080, -122.7452 (± 33 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 342 · gazetteer:county · read with 30% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Lake County (GEOID 06033); the report gives only the county
Account type	First-hand Derived Bigfoot Society EP 342 · transcript:00:22:37-00:24:37
Witnesses	3 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 342 · transcript:00:10:18-00:12:22
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 342 · transcript:00:16:27-00:18:30
Witness was	moving irrigation pipe and driving around orchard to check work Stated Bigfoot Society EP 342 · transcript:00:10:18-00:12:22
Witness's word for it	this creature Stated Bigfoot Society EP 342 · transcript:00:12:22-00:14:26
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 342 · transcript:00:10:18-00:24:37

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Bigfoot Society EP 342 Podcast Interview

Published 2023-10-21 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:10:18 (account ends about 0:24:37) Hash 6a1d76c9cf16

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