Class A First-hand BFRO #849

Girl has daytime sighting near Payne's Creek

BFRO YEAR: 1968 or 69 around 12:00 PM Payne's Creek, Tehama County, California 1 witness

Account

While walking with two companions in the woods on a hunting trip, the witness saw a tall dark-brown hair-covered figure come down a hill, cross a creek in one step, and disappear into trees. The companions did not see it. A relative hunting on the other side of the creek heard loud heavy breathing around the same time, and the witness later felt the figure matched televised Bigfoot footage.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: about 8 feet tall
Build src: not too fat nor thin
Hair colour src: dark brown
Face src: flat, hair-covered, no bear-like snout
Arms src: long, swinging
Gait src: upright, walking like a man
Posture src: upright
Apparent sex src: male (witness guess)
Other features src: flat top of head like top hat

Facts & provenance

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Time of day	around 12:00 PM Stated BFRO report #849 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Payne's Creek, Tehama County, California Stated BFRO report #849 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	40.34, -121.91 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 849 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #849 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #849 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #849 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	walking in woods with companions Stated BFRO report #849 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	something Stated BFRO report #849 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #849 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #849 Primary

Published 2000-12-02 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 5f6dcc995eba

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“a program about Bigfoot”
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