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between 2:00-4:00 am, every couple of months, last in spring of 2003 Twain Harte, Tuolumne County, California Related account #7299

Scream near Twain Harte, California

The witness reports hearing loud screams from behind the home every couple of months in the early morning, with the most recent in spring 2003.

Scream
Roughly six months later Long Barn, Tuolumne County, California Related account #23974

Scream near Long Barn, California

About six months later the family again heard the same type of call at about the same time while staying at the same location.

Scream
The following spring Long Barn, Tuolumne County, California Related account #23974

Scream near Long Barn, California

The following spring the witness family camped at the same spot and heard nearly identical screams at a similar time and under similar weather.

Scream
last year Dorrington, Tuolumne County, California Related account #15197

Footsteps near Dorrington, California

The witness recalls feeling watched and hearing movement thought to be a deer around them at the same lake point the previous year without seeing anything.

Footsteps
the other night River Kern, Kernville, Tulare County, California Related account #78851

Vocalization near River Kern, Kernville, California

Other campers reportedly told a shopkeeper they had heard Bigfoot-like sounds.

Vocalization
That night Weaverville, Trinity County, California Related account #8729

Growl near Weaverville, California

Earlier that night the witness hid behind the fence by the maintenance area and made heavy breathing, snorts and growls to scare family around the campfire.

GrowlVocalization
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
as a young man Corning, California North//paskenta Nw, Tehama County, California Related account #7731

Scream near Corning, California North//paskenta Nw, California

As a young man the witness and boyhood hunting partners heard distant screams of lower tone in the same general area.

Scream
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
late at night Old Northern California Mining Camp,, Siskiyou County, California Related account #12405

Footsteps near Old Northern California Mining Camp,, California

On many late nights the witness heard very heavy thumps moving down the hill behind the house, including one loud thump thought to be a jump from the road into the yard toward the creek.

Footsteps
During that first fall Old Northern California Mining Camp,, Siskiyou County, California Related account #12405

Whistle near Old Northern California Mining Camp,, California

Over one fall the witness repeatedly exchanged guttural clicks and song-like whistles with an unseen source in the berry bushes at dusk for up to 45 minutes.

WhistleVocalization
that night Orleans, Siskiyou County, California Related account #5649

Sasquatch sighting near Orleans, California

That night on the cabin porch the group heard movement by the tree line, noted jumpy horses, and saw a black outline in the trees.

SilhouetteUnidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: late 70's Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, California Class B #13839

Possible vocals heard by family camping near Happy Camp

A family camping in a primitive riverside area heard an extremely loud, shrill scream from near their trash area about 50 yards away after paper bags flared up the campfire. The sound moved rapidly downriver for several minutes, fading to a deep growl, while the adult dogs whimpered and the family became terrified. The father packed up camp that night and drove the family home, and the family later felt the sound matched a purported Sasquatch vocalization heard on television.

ScreamGrowl
Date unknown Redding, Shasta County, California Related account #11986

Unidentified sound near Redding, California

The witness recalled only strange sounds around the mountaintop building in addition to thrown sticks and rocks.

Unidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: 1973-74 Redding, Ca, Because French Gulch Was A Town Back In The Gold Rush Days Of Old California. People Still Live In The Area Of What Is Now Called French Gulch., Shasta County, California Class B #26381

Man recalls adversarial encounter with an unknown creature near French Gulch

During midnight rounds at an isolated school compound, the witness crossed a suspension bridge and heard something raiding trash cans by the cookhouse. He threw rocks toward a large dark figure under the eaves, which stood erect, stepped onto the bridge, dodged thrown rocks, vaulted the bridge cables and fled upstream on two legs. He noted glowing eyes and a foul stench, then returned to his trailer without anyone else responding.

SilhouetteEyeshineOdorProperty disturbanceVocalization +3
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
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
BFRO YEAR: 1987-89 Manton, Shasta County, California Class B #69291

Possible "Ohio howls" south of Shingletown (midway between Redding and Lassen)

While living at Manton from 1987-1989, the witness's family repeatedly heard strange howls in the evening 2-3 times a week. The sound was thought at the time to come from the cleared swath up the hill along the penstock or powerlines. Years later the witness and family heard the Ohio howl recording and judged it exactly the same sound.

Howl
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
Wednesday night Viola, Shasta County, California Related account #75290

Footsteps near Viola, California

The witness rigged a fishing-line tripwire to his trailer door and later heard the stick strike and break as something moved between the trailer and tent.

FootstepsProperty disturbance