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Class B First-hand BFRO #7211

Hunters Have Unusual Night Time Encounter

October 1959 9:30 - 10:00 pm Marysville And Grass Valley, Yuba County, California 2 witnesses

Account

While deer hunting and camped overnight, the witness and a companion heard a very loud yelling-like scream from nearby woods and followed the companion's dogs with rifles. In a flashlight beam they saw a bipedal figure handling the dogs, throwing one, which then turned toward them and fled into trees with crashing brush and a lingering odor. They left the area that night and heard the vocalization again from farther off while packing.

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

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Scream

Other senses

Odor Movement only

Described appearance

In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.

Face src
face like that of an ape
Gait src
bounded
Posture src
on two feet

Facts & provenance

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Date
October 1959
Stated BFRO report #7211 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
9:30 - 10:00 pm
Stated BFRO report #7211 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Marysville And Grass Valley, Yuba County, California
Stated BFRO report #7211 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
39.08, -121.42 (± 11 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 7211 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #7211 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Stated BFRO report #7211 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #7211 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
deer hunting and camping overnight
Stated BFRO report #7211 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
something
Stated BFRO report #7211 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #7211 · 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.

Investigated by
Tom Yamarone (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and classified the report as Class B due to lack of clear view.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #7211 Primary
    Published 2003-10-26 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 53655534ca7a
    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

  • “a program on TV that had recorded the noise believed to be Bigfoot”
    Not in the Anomadex yet
  • “finding tracks and sittings a few miles north of there in the Oroville area”
    Not in the Anomadex yet