Nighttime sighting by motorist near Mt. Madonna Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Account
The witness was riding in a vehicle at night on a winding redwood highway toward Mt Madonna in early fall 1980 when the car rounded a turn. She claims she saw a huge brown hair-covered biped walking upright along the side of the road with its back to her. Her companion did not see the figure but recalls her frightened reaction, and they continued to their destination.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- huge
- Build src
- extremely large
- Hair colour src
- brown
- Gait src
- walking just like a man
- Posture src
- with back to witness
- Other features src
- covered in brown hair from head to toe
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
October 1980
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night, dark but hadn't been for long
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| Place |
Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California
Stated
BFRO report #20197
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
36.9236, -121.7724 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Watsonville city (GEOID 0683668), matched from nearest town 'Watsonville'
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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 |
driving up Hecker Pass from Watsonville
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| Witness's word for it |
one of these sasquatch-bigfoot things
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Bart Cutino (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness at a holiday party after she overheard discussion of the subject and encouraged her to report it.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #20197 Primary