Two campers take photos of what they see in the trees in the El Dorado National Forest
Account
The witness and a companion were finishing a dispersed camping trip and had hiked back to the car on a clear sunny day when the witness looked back at the treeline. About 500 feet away, two jet-black figures were visible near the tops of two adjacent pine trees, first taken for bears. The witness took phone photos and watched for about a minute as the figures stayed mostly still while wiggling and appearing to hug the trunks, then left after the companion grew concerned, later concluding they looked like lean human-like silhouettes rather than bears or humans.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 4 feet tall
- Build src
- large, lean
- Hair colour src
- Jet Black
- Posture src
- hugging the tree
- Apparent sex src
- human man
- Other features src
- neither visible ears nor snouts
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 2014
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| Time of day |
clear sunny day
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| Place |
Pollock Pines?, El Dorado County, California
Stated
BFRO report #47165
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
38.77, -120.40 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 47165 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
2
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| Witness was |
returning to car after last-day hike
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| Witness's word for it |
UNIFORM Jet Black sillouette of a large, lean human man
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Mark Slatten (BFRO)
Witness reports many phone photos of two dark shapes in adjacent treetops; editors note possible baby bears or porcupines and do not identify them as Bigfoots.
Top of one occupied tree described as snapped, though the snapping was not seen.
The witness called the national forest office to ask about bigfoot reports and was told reports exist but not at that low elevation.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #47165 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference