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Summer 1976 Mendocino County, California Class B #2201

Creature seen in the woods by hunter

While deer hunting in the morning, the witness and a companion heard loud noise from a wooded gully and then met an elderly hunter climbing out. The elderly hunter appeared pale and frightened and told them he had just seen a huge bigfoot at the bottom and had dropped his rifle while fleeing. The witness and companion later recovered the abandoned scoped rifle, but the elderly hunter kept walking away and left.

Unidentified sound
two weeks ago California #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7

Unidentified sound in California

A coworker had banging sounds on propane gas tanks about a hundred feet from her home two weeks before the recording. No creature was described, only the banging.

Unidentified sound
summer around 2002, over a couple months Orleans, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dG066zcV9vjVWFBsxXkZR_kktRENsQnnY-PZJ_yYLOo

Vocalization near Orleans, California

New owners of an abandoned property began hearing screams nightly and having trash bags taken from the porch and sorted in a bush by color and type. The female resident reported dark hairy figures throwing twigs, candy bait disappearing from rat traps, and large grass impressions. The guest saw the trackway and droppings and set a camcorder that allegedly captured the theft before his notes and tapes were stolen in a break-in.

VocalizationScreamTracksFootstepsScat +3
October Orick, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dG066zcV9vjVWFBsxXkZR_kktRENsQnnY-PZJ_yYLOo

Sasquatch sighting near Orick, California

A fisherman listening to elk cross Redwood Creek heard a much larger bipedal splashing that never lost footing in deep water. A huge muscular sasquatch emerged from fog about thirty feet away, gave him a contemptuous look, then walked to where the elk exited and followed them back into fog. He fled back to report it.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
Date unknown San Diego, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xSi4LRBWZiIRmDsCLlFWHJHga0HyC8Dmb3wI0iC9r6s

Scream near San Diego, California

Security staff at a wildlife park reported hearing strange screams at night outside the perimeter and having stones or similar objects thrown. The investigator describes this as ongoing strange activity still under investigation.

ScreamRock throwing
Date unknown California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/11/10/sc-ep271-monsters-among-us

Dogman sighting in California

Six young men walking a California highway were watched from a hillside by a coyote-like upright creature called King of the Coyotes. It closed in growling and nearly ran them down until they were picked up by a vehicle.

Full-body sightingGrowl
around 12:00 PM Payne's Creek, Tehama County, California Related account #849

Vocalization near Payne's Creek, California

A relative on the other side of the creek heard loud heavy moaning breathing around noon the same day without seeing anything.

Vocalization
a few nights later Old Northern California Mining Camp,, Siskiyou County, California Related account #12405

Whistle near Old Northern California Mining Camp,, California

A few nights after the main sighting a relative sleeping in a tent in the yard was awakened by whistling and then by something hitting the tent as if thrown.

WhistleObject throwing
early morning hours, pre-dawn Not Sure., Shasta County, California Related account #8184

Footsteps near Not Sure., California

A relative reported hearing heavy footsteps, heavy breathing and grunting along the shore near the grounded houseboat before dawn.

FootstepsGrowl
after dark one night Alpine, San Diego County, California Related account #2782

Vocalization near Alpine, California

The head of household heard a low guttural voice mimicking a chicken call while closing the gate at night.

Vocalization
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
the night before Idyllwild, Riverside County, California Related account #24644

Footsteps near Idyllwild, California

A family camped next to the ravine told the witness they heard footsteps the night before the main event but nothing that night.

Footsteps
at about 4am Idyllwild, Riverside County, California Related account #24644

Footsteps near Idyllwild, California

A companion camping with the witness heard footsteps around his tent at about 4am.

Footsteps
Date unknown Grass Valley, Nevada County, California Related account #3421

Growl near Grass Valley, California

A relative of the witness reported hearing heavy breathing outside a trailer and sensing a close unseen presence at the door that made a snarl-like sound.

GrowlUnidentified sound
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 Redwood Valley, Mendocino County, California Related account #10279

Whoop near Redwood Valley, California

A family member heard whooping sounds on the same hillside as the main event.

Whoop
During the night Not Sure. Very Small Towns., Kern County, California Related account #1036

Footsteps near Not Sure. Very Small Towns., California

During the night a relative heard tramping and movement outside his car and woke the witness.

Footsteps
Date unknown Orick, Humboldt County, California Related account #8234

Whistle near Orick, California

Another person reportedly heard unusual whistles and screams in the same creek area on an earlier occasion.

WhistleScream
the last hike before Redcrest, Humboldt County, California Related account #72111

Scream near Redcrest, California

On a prior hike on the same trail with only the witness's parents present, they heard a similar loud vocalization and reported a sense of being watched with movement in the brush.

ScreamMovement only