Campers menaced after dark by what they assume was a family group
Account
A group camping above a swollen river heard mumbling voices and stick-breaking approaching, followed by loud chanting, shouting and stomping that shook a log seat and was taken as a demand to leave. The sounds stopped after deep hooted calls and later receded to distant screams up the valley and across the mountain. Later, while in a tent, the witness saw the firelight blocked by a squatting silhouette that touched the zipper with five digits, with felt breath and strong odor, before withdrawing. In the morning the witness noted hairs and deep depressions on the trail.
What was reported
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- large tall
- Hands src
- five clear digits
- Posture src
- squatted in front of the tent
- Apparent sex src
- male
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
June 1995
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night
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| Place |
Weaverville, Trinity County, California
Stated
BFRO report #2819
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
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| Map point |
40.7407, -122.9290 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Weaverville CDP (GEOID 0683794), matched from nearest town 'Weaverville'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witness was |
camping with companions, sitting around campfire then resting in tent
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| Witness's word for it |
sasquatch
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| Source classification |
Class A
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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.
Thin black hairs with silver tips found in the morning.
Few deep potholes on the trail described as pushed in by something heavy, found in the morning.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #2819 Primary