Possible sighting and howls heard by deer hunters in John Muir Wilderness
Account
Two deer hunters hiking back to camp at dusk near Heart Lake heard loud bellowing howls and watched a deer flee through brush. They then saw a tall dark figure on the ridgeline that first resembled a standing bear but looked like neither a bear nor a man through a rifle scope. The figure ran downhill after the deer and disappeared into brush, and the hunters later found a very large footprint where it had stood.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- seven to eight feet tall
- Build src
- at least 400 pounds
- Arms src
- swung in a normal, human-like way
- Gait src
- ran downhill fast, at least as fast as deer
- Posture src
- hunched-over
- Other features src
- dark silhouette; no bear, like no man ever seen
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
26 October 2006
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| Time of day |
About 6:15 pm in low light
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| Place |
Shaver Lake, Fresno County, California
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| Map point |
37.29, -118.87 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 18325 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
deer hunting
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| Witness's word for it |
a dark silhouette that looked like a bear standing on its hind feet
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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
- Cliff Barackman (BFRO)
Footprint in dirt where creature stood, said to dwarf the witness's footprint
Measurements: four times the size of mine
Same impression described as indistinct with estimated length over 14 inches
Measurements: over 14 inches
An investigator spoke to the witness by phone to collect additional details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #18325 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference