Man recalls adversarial encounter with an unknown creature near French Gulch
Account
During midnight rounds at an isolated school compound, the witness crossed a suspension bridge and heard something raiding trash cans by the cookhouse. He threw rocks toward a large dark figure under the eaves, which stood erect, stepped onto the bridge, dodged thrown rocks, vaulted the bridge cables and fled upstream on two legs. He noted glowing eyes and a foul stench, then returned to his trailer without anyone else responding.
What was reported
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Sightings
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Context & caveats
Described appearance
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- Height src
- just shorter than 10-foot bridge uprights
- Build src
- far bigger than any man
- Eyes src
- glowed in the dark
- Arms src
- extended both arms above head to grab cables
- Hands src
- vaulted cables with one hand
- Legs src
- long
- Gait src
- like a big man, bipedal
- Posture src
- rose from crouch to stand erect
- Other features src
- silhouette darker than night sky
Facts & provenance
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| Time of day |
midnight, no moon
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| Place |
Redding, Ca, Because French Gulch Was A Town Back In The Gold Rush Days Of Old California. People Still Live In The Area Of What Is Now Called French Gulch., Shasta County, California
Stated
BFRO report #26381
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.83, -122.64 (± 4 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 26381 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
conducting midnight bed checks on foot
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| Witness's word for it |
animal
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Richard Hucklebridge (BFRO)
Few large indefinite impressions in soft sandy soil near trash cans with many human-sized impressions; no definitive tracks at river bed
The witness returned the next morning to search for evidence around the trash cans and river bed.
The witness returned the next morning to search for evidence around the trash cans and river bed.
An investigator called the witness to review the decades-old experience.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #26381 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference