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around four in the morning Old Northern California Mining Camp,, Siskiyou County, California Related account #12405

Door or window contact near Old Northern California Mining Camp,, California

Around four in the morning something banged on the trailer, and when the witness went outside all body hair stood up before fleeing inside to the strong garbage-like smell.

Door or window contactOdor
from early-mid spring through early fall Old Northern California Mining Camp,, Siskiyou County, California Related account #12405

Odor near Old Northern California Mining Camp,, California

A strong wet-garbage odor appeared suddenly in the yard and house repeatedly from spring through fall, sometimes waking the witness gagging.

Odor
approximatly, 12:00 A.M. Yreka, Siskiyou County, California Related account #8069

Odor near Yreka, California

About a week earlier the witness sat outside around midnight and noticed a faint but pungent odor like skunk, rotting carcass and dirty wet dog drifting from the west up the hill.

Odor
The next morning Hilt, Siskiyou County, California Related account #5284

Tracks near Hilt, California

While working in the same woods before the sighting, the witness found large human-like tracks in wet mud, a foul odor, and very large fresh scat.

TracksOdorScat
years before Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California Related account #4630

Odor near Dunsmuir, California

Years earlier the witness and companions camping in the same area believed they were stalked, smelled an odor, and left without seeing anything.

OdorAnimal behaviour
on occasion Redding, Shasta County, California Related account #11986

Odor near Redding, California

The witness occasionally noticed a strong death-like smell coming down off the mountain.

Odor
about two weeks after his sighting of the tracks Round Mountain, Shasta County, California Related account #835

Scream near Round Mountain, California

The witness and partner heard intermittent screaming above camp for about half an hour and later heard something lifting and dropping their ATV trailer before it moved uphill.

ScreamProperty disturbanceMovement only
July 14, 1983 Place not stated Related account #18298

Movement only

Another person in mountainous timber heard downhill crashing, then thrown debris, grunts and screams, later calls from multiple directions and a heavy brush clump landing in the truck bed.

Movement onlyRock throwingObject throwingGrowlScream +1
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #2782

Odor

A very pungent odor like rotting garbage was reported in connection with the experiences.

Odor
about 11:30 p.m. on October 16,1995 Place not stated Related account #2226

Sasquatch sighting

A man out for a late-night stroll smelled rotting garbage, felt watched, and saw an eight-foot fur-covered creature with no bearlike snout.

Full-body sightingOdor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #2037

Odor

On three separate hikes in trailless brush and talus slopes the witness smelled a strong human feces odor.

Odor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #2210

Sasquatch sighting

Another local reported livestock acting up and seeing a figure mistaken for a person that ran into the woods with a stench.

Partial sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
Over the next ten to twelve years Place not stated Related account #2210

Tracks

Over about a decade the household reported additional visits involving footprints, screams, and smells, sometimes multiple in one summer.

TracksScreamOdor
in 1978 Pope Valley, Napa County, California Related account #2210

Footsteps near Pope Valley, California

A relative heard footsteps in gravel in the evening, encountered something that fled, leaving a musty skunk-like odor that lingered.

FootstepsPartial sightingOdor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #13613

Odor

After following the trackways to the ridge top, the group encountered an overpowering zoo-like smell from a thickly wooded canyon and would not enter it.

Odor
Another time Place not stated Related account #13287

Odor

The witness exploring down the creek to a pooled area smelled sulphur or rotting odor and ran back up the mountain.

Odor
Monday 9/4/06 Place not stated Related account #15782

Wood knock

About a year later the same couple returned to Highway 128, made whoop calls, then heard wood knocks and tree breaks and smelled a dead animal/skunk odor for about three minutes.

Wood knockTree breakOdor
between the late 1970's and about 6 years ago Azusa, Los Angeles County, California Related account #2249

Property disturbance near Azusa, California

The witness reported that an entity took a backpack and ran up a steep hill.

Property disturbanceMovement only
the next day. Around 9-10 in the morning Place not stated Related account #5251

Sasquatch sighting

The next morning the companion reportedly saw a bear-like animal cross the road and heard it moving in brush before it went silent and the companion returned to the vehicle.

Partial sightingMovement only
About one week prior to our sighting Place not stated Related account #827

Sasquatch sighting

A family on a hike near Cave Junction reportedly saw a figure and smelled a strong odor about a week before the main event.

Partial sightingOdor