Class A First-hand BFRO #2998

Daylight sighting by a horseback rider, near a pond in Redwood National Park

1993–1994 daytime Redwood National Park, Orick, Humboldt County, California 4 witnesses

Account

The witness was horseback riding with friends and stopped for lunch when crashing was heard in the brush. The witness rode toward the noise to look for elk and watched a small hair-covered creature trying to drink from a pool about 30 feet away. The horse became agitated so the witness left to tell friends, who returned and heard movement and saw ferns moving as something left toward the larger creek. The witness believed the crashing was made by a larger animal accompanying the young creature.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Footsteps

Other senses

Movement only

Described appearance

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Hair colour src: silver-gray
Hair length src: medium length (like a bear)
Face src: never got to see its face, always looking down
Hands src: human-like hands, saw thumb, black human-like fingernail
Age / size src: adolescent, possibly baby
Other features src: totally covered in hair from top to bottom

Facts & provenance

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Date	1993–1994 Stated BFRO report #2998 · BFRO report, labelled field: Year
Time of day	daytime Stated BFRO report #2998 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Redwood National Park, Orick, Humboldt County, California Stated BFRO report #2998 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	41.2902, -124.0703 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #2998 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Orick CDP (GEOID 0654218), matched from nearest town 'Redwood National Park, Orick'
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #2998 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	4 Derived BFRO report #2998 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	2 Derived BFRO report #2998 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 60% confidence
Witness was	horseback riding with friends, stopped for lunch Stated BFRO report #2998 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	young adolescent Bigfoot Stated BFRO report #2998 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #2998 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Other

toilet paper from outhouse strung through bushes and trees near picnic area

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #2998 Primary

Published 2000-07-06 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 28a534880317

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“news report (TV) about the son and the father witnessing a Bigfoot crossing the road”
Not in the Anomadex yet