High school teacher recalls a nighttime sighting while camping in the Los Padres National Forest
Account
Four people camped by a river heard a loud crashing sound while eating dinner. They saw a large hairy biped running down a nearby trail illuminated by their campfire. After they yelled it glanced toward them, continued over a ridge and out of sight within seconds. They kept watch in shifts overnight and found no tracks the next morning.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- approximately 6.5 to 7 feet tall
- Build src
- very muscular, shoulders about four feet wide, over 300 lbs
- Hair colour src
- dark brown or black
- Gait src
- running bipedally
- Posture src
- bipedal
- Other features src
- human-like but covered with hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
April 1982
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| Time of day |
early evening between seven to nine
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| Place |
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
Stated
BFRO report #25444
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
34.73, -119.93 (± 4 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 25444 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
4
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
camping and eating dinner
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| Witness's word for it |
large bipedal animal
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Kevin Withers (BFRO)
Source timeline
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BFRO report #25444 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference