Class B First-hand BFRO #5251

Hunters hear, and possibly see, a strange creature near Lake Isabella

26 October 2002 Between 0000 and 0400 Lake Isabella, Kern County, California 4 witnesses

Account

The witness and a companion were sleeping in a tent on a hunting trip when they were awakened by five unknown vocalizations from different directions over several minutes. The sounds were described as between a growl and a scream, likened to a higher-pitched seal. Other nearby hunters also heard the sounds and no one could identify the source.

Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .

What was reported

Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.

Sounds

Facts & provenance

Each value names where it came from.

Date
26 October 2002
Stated BFRO report #5251 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
Between 0000 and 0400
Stated BFRO report #5251 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Lake Isabella, Kern County, California
Stated BFRO report #5251 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
35.57, -118.61 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 5251 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #5251 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
4
Derived BFRO report #5251 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 70% confidence
Witness was
sleeping in a tent
Stated BFRO report #5251 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
unknown animal
Stated BFRO report #5251 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #5251 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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

Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and recorded additional details about the sounds and next-day events.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.

  1. Published 2002-11-06 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 4a6ec21021da
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to