Claimed encounters in San Bernardino County, California

24 entries reported in San Bernardino County, California, each linked to the report or podcast segment it came from. Narrow them down with the filters, or see them on the map.

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24 November 2025 Mt. Baldly - Manker Flats Campground, San Bernardino County, California Class B #79588

Campers at base of Mt. Baldy (Manker Flat) report possible sasquatch rocking throwing in nearly empty campground around 3:30am

The witness and three young relatives were camping overnight in a tent in a mostly deserted campground. At about 3:30 a.m. the witness was awakened by multiple sizable rocks striking the ground near the tent and rolling toward it without hitting it. In the morning the group found several roundish rocks near the tent that appeared newly placed and could not replicate the throw. The group left the campground after a brief exchange with a parking attendant and continued camping elsewhere.

Rock throwing
9 September 2025 Mt. Baldy, San Bernardino County, California Class B #79256

Hiker hears distinct sasquatch vocalization near end of Mt. Baldy Road

On the morning of September 9, 2025, the witness parked at Manker Flats to prepare for a hike. While at the vehicle, the witness heard a very loud wail or scream lasting about 10-15 seconds from the north. The witness froze, then started a hike after a delay, having captured only the tail end of the sound on phone video.

Scream
20 August 2014 Hesperia, San Bernardino County, California Class A #46330

Daylight sighting by fisherman at Silverwood Lake near Hesperia

The witness was fishing with family at a lake in the afternoon and walked to check a second rod. He heard leaves crunching about 30 feet to his left and saw a hairy ape-like creature with light brown hair running with long swinging arms while crouched forward. His daughter was behind him and shouted about a big animal, and they returned to the rest of the family.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
1 July 2009 Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino County, California Class B #56754

Sighting in Deep Creek Wilderness, near Lake Arrrowhead

In summer 2009 near Deep Creek by Lake Arrowhead, California, the witness reported seeing a very tall figure standing on a large boulder about a mile away. Companions with the witness also saw it but thought it was a person, and the witness remained unsure what was seen. A photo was taken from a great distance but was too blurry to show detail or scale.

Full-body sighting
3 August 2008 Big Bear City, San Bernardino County, California Class B #26386

Mother and daughter describe possible howls close to their home near Big Bear City

The witness and a relative were at home in the early morning when they heard a very loud yell or howl three times over about half an hour. Neighborhood dogs vocalized and coyotes and raccoons were seen fleeing, and neighbors also came outside to investigate. The witnesses did not see the source of the sound, which they believed was a Sasquatch.

Howl
August 2008 Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California Class B #24456

Native American experiences a close encounter from her backyard outside the Yucaipa

On the night after an initial nighttime vocalization, the witness looked out a bedroom window around 1 a.m. after dogs growled and saw a very tall, hairy human-like creature standing 15 to 20 feet away in moonlight, visible from the midsection up. The witness made a cat-fight sound and the creature turned and walked away quickly toward the mountainous area behind the property. No odor was noted and a later check found no tracks.

Partial sightingSilhouette
May 2003 Hesperia, San Bernardino County, California Class B #6304

Young lady believes that the creature is back

The witness visited a relative's house after a goose was found dead with a broken neck, punctures, and missing insides. She also reports finding a four-toed footprint, flattened weeds suggesting something had lain down and walked through, and damage to a chicken-coop roof. The night had been unusually quiet and livestock were nervous the next morning.

TracksProperty disturbanceAnimal behaviour
August 1997 Hespreria, San Bernardino County, California Class A #5160

Young lady on horse back outside Hesperia has a face to face encounter one late afternoon

A young woman riding a horse home through a dry riverbed in the late afternoon encountered a hairy biped near trees. Her horse refused to go forward, and she saw the creature standing and walking parallel about 75 to 100 yards away. They looked at each other for just under a minute before it turned and left into dense brush walking then crouching.

Full-body sighting
October 1993 San Bernardino County, California Class A #2247

A camp site incident at Barton Flats with multiple witnesses. The campers were approached while they were sleeping

The witness was trying to sleep in a van while two companions slept in a tent nearby. The van began rocking violently from side to side until the witness yelled, then the witness shone a flashlight outside and saw a hair-covered figure walking upright past the vehicle into the forest. A foul cesspool-like odor was noticed around the camp, and the companions said pebbles had been tossed onto their tent and something had brushed against it. The group built a fire, discussed what happened, and packed up to leave early.

FootstepsVehicle contactFull-body sightingOdorRock throwing +1
June 1976 Big Bear City, San Bernardino County, California Class A #9759

Young man has a midnight face-to-face encounter with an unknown creature outside Big Bear City

The witness was staying at a cabin with a friend's family and left the cabin during the night to urinate. About 20 feet away, a large dark being stood behind a bush parting the top with its hands, with its upper chest, head, arms and hands visible. After looking back for 15 to 20 seconds, the witness ran inside, and a search the next morning found no traces.

Partial sighting
July 1975 San Bernardino County, California Class A #2229

A scout troop's late night sighting at the edge of their camp near Barton Flats. Multiple witnesses. Reporting witness now a law enforcement officer

The witness was camping with a scout troop when loud howl-like screams were heard late at night. A few hours later, after being awakened by rustling in nearby brush, the group shone a flashlight into the treeline and saw a tall hair-covered figure watching them. The figure then turned and walked with long steps northeast up a wooded hill out of sight.

ScreamHowlFull-body sightingEyeshineMovement only
August 1963 Big Bear Lake Resort., San Bernardino County, California Class B #7759

Young man has strange encounter on a dark gravel road at Big Bear Lake Resort

The witness walked alone at night up a gravel mountain road toward a cabin after retrieving a wallet in town. Something unseen below the road in steep brush kept pace, breaking branches and dislodging rocks, stopping when the witness stopped and moving faster after rocks were tossed at it. Before reaching a bend where the road met the canyon, relatives arrived by car and the witness got in and left.

FootstepsMovement only
July 1950 San Bernadino, San Bernardino County, California Class A #2248

Sighting along Lytle Creek

The witness heard whistling and chomping sounds near a creek and looked toward them. A very muscular, hairy, man-like creature was present for about two minutes before walking into the treeline at the creek edge. The witness later returned to the area and found footprints by the creek.

WhistleUnidentified soundFull-body sightingTracks
like several months ago Hespreria, San Bernardino County, California Related account #5160

Sasquatch sighting near Hespreria, California

Other people reportedly saw and heard unspecified things in the same area several months before the 2002 follow-up, said to be most active around August through September.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
For the rest of that summer Hespreria, San Bernardino County, California Related account #5160

Animal behaviour near Hespreria, California

Saddle horses repeatedly refused to go through the sighting area for the rest of the summer and had to be led around it.

Animal behaviour
late in the afternoon Hespreria, San Bernardino County, California Related account #5160

Sasquatch sighting near Hespreria, California

Five teenage boys exploring the riverbed heard movement in dense brush and saw a large hairy ape-like creature, then ran home frightened.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
on the third night Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California Related account #24456

Sasquatch sighting near Yucaipa, California

On a third night the dogs growled again but the witness kept the window shut and went to bed without seeing anything.

early morning hours of August 14th at 1:am Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California Related account #24456

Growl near Yucaipa, California

On the first night the witness heard a loud awful sound three times and bipedal footsteps in leaves, then made a cat-fight sound and heard the steps leave the yard.

GrowlWhistleFootsteps
previous to me seeing him Hesperia, San Bernardino County, California Related account #6304

Sasquatch sighting near Hesperia, California

Before the 1990s sighting, similar disturbances were already happening in the area.

in 1997 Hesperia, San Bernardino County, California Related account #6304

Sasquatch sighting near Hesperia, California

The witness reports seeing the creature in the same area about six years earlier in 1997.