Class B First-hand BFRO #596

Possible visitation at a remote campsite in the Trinity NF

10 October 1998 about 2230 hours at night Platina, Trinity County, California 1 witness

Account

A solo backpacker camped overnight at the Mud Springs hunter camp. Around 10:30 p.m. he was awakened by a loud branch snap followed by heavy vibrating footsteps passing very close to his tent. His nested cook pots were then heard clanging and later found unnested and spread out. After finding a long hair on his backpack Velcro he broke camp and drove to Red Bluff.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
10 October 1998
Stated BFRO report #596 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
about 2230 hours at night
Stated BFRO report #596 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Platina, Trinity County, California
Stated BFRO report #596 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
40.3591, -122.9042 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #596 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Platina CDP (GEOID 0657666), matched from nearest town 'Platina'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #596 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Stated BFRO report #596 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
sleeping in tent while solo camping
Stated BFRO report #596 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
my visitor
Stated BFRO report #596 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #596 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Hair

long dark brown hair with reddish tip found stuck to backpack Velcro and collected in bag

Measurements: approximately 5.5 inches long, about 3 times the diameter of a human hair

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2000-11-05 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 6c8e4fa049ce
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The report refers to

  • “sensationalized Bigfoot story on a local Sacramento TV station”
    Not in the Anomadex yet
  • “casts of the tracks made in the past”
    Not in the Anomadex yet
  • “http://www.bfro.net/GDB/CNTS/CA/TR/ca_tr005.htm”
    Not in the Anomadex yet