Couple Has Frightening Encounter Near Lake Shasta
Account
A couple drove to a remote meadow near Squaw Creek and camped overnight. After the campfire burned low at night they heard loud breaking branches, rushing movement circling and approaching the camp, and a loud howl-like vocalization, while their dog growled and a strong foul odor was present. They kept the fire large, shone flashlights into the woods without seeing eyeshine, and left at daylight, later associating the incident with Bigfoot after a friend's comment.
What was reported
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1979
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night, about 10:00 pm and about 3:00 am
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| Place |
Lake Shasta, Shasta County, California
Stated
BFRO report #2770
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.5286, -122.3647 (± 15 km)
USGS GNIS populated place 'Lake Shastina', Siskiyou, matched from nearest town 'Lake Shasta' read as 'lake shastina' (spelling match)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Witness was |
camping by a campfire in a remote meadow
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| Witness's word for it |
something very large
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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An investigator conducted a lengthy telephone interview with the husband witness to record additional details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #2770 Primary
The report refers to
- “hermits living in the Shasta Lake area”Not in the Anomadex yet