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Witness observed creature watching him
The witness was walking uphill near Hunter Creek and climbing over a large fallen tree when they saw an entity stooped behind another fallen trunk about 30 feet away watching them. After a few seconds of staring, the entity turned and disappeared behind the tree. The witness then found several prints in the forest debris and followed them uphill briefly before losing them.
A daylight sighting near Frazier Park, by a hiker
The witness was hiking with a companion in a pine forest and stopped for a break near a rocky outcropping above a ravine. From about 150 feet above, the witness watched a dark brown, upright, hair-covered figure moving slowly through heavy brush below. When the witness shouted to the companion, the figure looked up showing a human-like face, then left quickly through the brush before the companion could see it.
Early morning sighting by motorist along the Eel River
While driving slowly southbound above the river in the early morning, the witness noticed a reddish-brown human-like figure walking away from the water across a rocky sandbar toward the forest. The figure was described as very husky, walking slowly with swinging arms and a human-type gait. After driving on, the witness's wife and daughter each said they had seen the same figure.
Early morning sighting by a young lady while mountain hiking
The witness was sitting at a campfire at a high mountain camp after midnight with several companions. She noticed a large upright figure standing in a meadow less than 100 yards away and watched it for a couple minutes before it walked away across the meadow into the treeline. She first assumed it was a companion arriving late, but her companions did not arrive for another hour, leading her to conclude it was something else.
Night time sighting by motorist in Feather River Canyon near Hwy 70 & 89 intersection
Late at night the witness and a companion were driving north on Highway 70 when headlights revealed a large animal on all fours standing in the travel lane. The witness swerved into the other lane to avoid hitting it during a few seconds of viewing. The animal was described as horse-sized with dark medium-length fur, long legs, and a flat human-like face without a snout, lowering its head to peer into the passenger window as they passed.
Sighting by two backpackers
Two companions camping overnight were awakened by movement on rocks above camp. They listened for about 15 minutes, then watched a bipedal form cross a stream and meadow into the treeline about 200 yards away. After daylight they found a large gouge in soft earth and flattened grass, then left the area.
Camper's encounter with a Bigfoot outside tent in North Lake Campground near Bishop
The witness was camping with two young relatives at a high-elevation lake campground in the summer. Around midnight he woke to heavy footsteps stopping outside the tent and, peeking through the mesh with a flashlight, saw the huge hairy muscular human-like legs of a very tall biped standing a few feet away. After a minute or two the individual walked away, and the witness moved the children to the car and left the campsite early, leaving some gear behind.
Man collecting pine nuts retreats from intimidation approach, above French Gulch near Lake Shasta
The witness stopped a pickup at night in pine forest north of town to collect large pine cones. While outside the truck, the witness heard a loud screech followed by fast, heavy impacts like large bipedal steps approaching down a slope. The witness scrambled into the truck and while driving away saw a dark shaggy upright figure behind the truck in tail-light glow and moonlight. The witness fled down the mountain and left the area after daylight.
Three young adults encounter large aggressive biped while fishing the San Joaquin River
Three people were fishing at night at a pool on a river near a bridge when they saw a frightened coyote run past and heard splashes. A large dark figure standing waist-deep in the river about 40 yards away then threw boulders toward them, with the closest landing a few yards away and splashing water on them. The group shouted, reeled in their lines, and fled through trees and a field to their car. They returned the next day and judged the water depth and boulders inconsistent with a person.
Brief, blurry video footage of a possible sasquatch at Mono Lake
On a cold overcast morning in May 1991 a family day-hiked and filmed near Mono Lake. No one noticed anything unusual at the time. About 17 years later, while rewatching the VHS tape, the family noticed a large black upright figure moving briefly between rock formations in the background of the final seconds.
Man sees creature crossing road near Petaluma
The witness was traveling by car at night with a companion when a large bipedal figure appeared in the middle of the road. The figure reportedly paused to look at the witness's car and an oncoming car, then ran across the road. It cleared a five-foot barbed-wire fence without using its arms and ran uphill out of sight.
Night time sighting by two witnesses four miles south of Livermore
The witness and a companion parked at night with a larger group to visit abandoned ruins. While getting out of the cars, both watched a tall furry brown bipedal creature cross a hillside about 40 feet away in flashlight light, then climb uphill out of sight. They initially withheld the sighting from the rest of the group and the witness later looked for tracks without success.
Creature seen walking away at a fast pace.
The witness claimed to see a tall brownish figure about 100 yards away in a clearing while returning to a hunting camp. The figure was moving away quickly while looking back over its shoulder, with long arms swinging. The witness did not go back that night and a next-morning search with camp companions found no tracks because the ground was rocky.
Camper awakes to a very large hairy figure
The witness reports waking in the back of a truck at a campground in the pre-dawn hours and seeing a large dark form leaving the canopy window. She looked out and watched a very large, dark, hairy bipedal figure move quickly uphill into dense pine forest. Afterward she woke her companion, both noticed a dank musky odor, and they promptly left the camp.
UFO sighting in California (1989)
While driving at night to look at tracks, the guest and two companions saw flashing lights over the ocean and stopped with a highway patrolman to watch. They went to a coastal overlook where five then nine lights maneuvered erratically and pulsed colors. One green light circled after a mental request, another beamed down over the highway stopping cars, then jets scattered them.
Sasquatch sighting near Carmel, California (1989)
A British businesswoman on a work trip to California spent a Saturday afternoon photographing sea otters on a beach south of Carmel. She watched six large hairy bipedal creatures enter the cove, with the largest male pulling seaweed from the water for the females to chew and rub on themselves. When a camera part clattered on rocks the male charged, argued vocally with a female, then screamed, slammed its fists and urinated before the witness blacked out. She later woke bruised near her car with her jacket pulled over her head and reported the incident to hotel staff and police, who told her she had seen bears.
Various incidents near rural homes in the Pope Valley area
The witness and a friend were sitting on the parents' porch at night when a tall hair-covered figure walked over a crest in front of the house. Upon spotting them it ran away bipedally without dropping to all fours. The encounter lasted only seconds and left both witnesses shocked and afraid.
Early dawn sighting by hunters near Bass Lake
Two hunters waited in a parked truck below a ridge at dawn hoping for deer. They watched a dark figure dig in brush for about 30 minutes then walk toward them. At about 50 yards they concluded it was not a man but a large black-furred biped. When a truck door latch sounded it looked then ran behind a tree and was gone when approached.
Woman has close up night sighting in car lights on Highway 299
Two people in a car at night watched a large hair-covered figure enter the highway from the driver's side and cross in three unhurried strides while turning its upper body to glance at them. The passenger described a tall robust adult male with long legs, human-like hands and nose, and shaggy hair darker with a rusty hue on the torso and face and lighter dirty-blonde on the arms. The figure moved with a fluid human-like arm swing but with same-side arm and leg moving together.
Sasquatch sighting in California (1988)
While fishing with a parent on a cold morning, the witness noticed a tall thin creature lying on its stomach behind a hollow log across the stream watching them. After the parent also saw it, a loud sharp crack behind them drew their attention, and the creature leapt over the log and crossed the stream in three steps before disappearing across the road into trees. The parent hurried them out and warned the witness never to tell anyone.