Sasquatch sighting near Yreka, California (1983)
Account
The witness was playing an evening hide-and-seek war game with a sibling group and two neighborhood brothers on a school field in Yreka. The witness mistook three approaching figures for the opposing team until one ran to within about ten feet, revealing a tall hair-covered being on two legs. All three beings then leapt away toward the hills while looking back, and the witness learned the others had seen Bigfoot, sending the witness into prolonged shock.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- bigger than any normal human
- Face src
- facial features not visible
- Hands src
- hands on top of fence
- Legs src
- on two feet
- Gait src
- leaping with high strides
- Posture src
- squatting then standing on two feet
- Age / size src
- one bigger, two smaller
- Clothing src
- no clothes, all hairy
- Other features src
- head-to-toe hairy, individual hairs visible, not human
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1983
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
evening after sunset, dark
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| Place |
Yreka, California
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| Map point |
41.74, -122.63 (± 10 km)
Show's sighting map pin 'Yreka, California', matched to this account (score 0.69)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
6
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| Figures reported |
3
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| Witness was |
playing hide-and-seek war game
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| Witness's word for it |
three Sasquatches
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 802 Podcast Interview
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Bigfoot Society map layer Reference
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Bigfoot Society map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “Not Just Another Bigfoot Encounter”Not in the Anomadex yet