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in 1998 in the winter Place not stated Related account #11162

Tracks

Shortly after the 1998 sighting the witness found a large bare footprint sunk into hard-packed dirt road and compared it to his own foot.

Tracks
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #79588

Tracks

On another prior trip the group found mountain lion tracks outside the tent in the morning.

Tracks
approximately 2 years prior Place not stated Related account #79256

Tracks

The witness reports finding a possible footprint on Sunset Peak about two years earlier but dismissing it.

Tracks
BFRO YEAR: 1997-98 La Porte, Plumas County, California Class B #2037

Man has interesting experiences outside of La Porte

During extended thesis fieldwork in remote mountain country, the witness found a set of human-like footprints in fine silt on a meander of Upper Slate Creek, noting dermal ridges, five even-length toes, a square shape and no instep, with a 20-inch stride noted in follow-up. Three pieces of mottled brown feces with a faint odor were found with the prints. No creature was seen and no other person was present for this find.

TracksScatOdor
the first night Malakoff Historical State Park Campgrounds, Nevada County, California Related account #15174

Tree break near Malakoff Historical State Park Campgrounds, California

On the group's first night at the same campsite, they heard several distant tree breaks they dismissed as regular forest noises.

Tree breakUnidentified sound
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
a week later Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, California Related account #15855

Tracks near Mammoth Lakes, California

The witness returned a week later and found large heavy tracks going up the hill.

Tracks
within the last 5 years Place not stated Related account #4182

Structure or nest

The witness later found an A-frame stick shelter off trail in the Sierras with no sign of human use.

Structure or nest
Date unknown Bass Lake Ca., Madera County, California Related account #83

Tracks near Bass Lake Ca., California

The witness reported continuing to find long narrow five-toed footprints in the area.

Tracks
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
last year Place not stated Related account #5294

Tracks

The witness had seen similar tracks the previous year in a different national forest.

Tracks
a couple of mornings later Humboldt County, California Related account #2142

Scat near Humboldt County

A couple of mornings after the night pursuit the group found a very large scat pile near a tent on the hillside above camp.

Scat
as we were driving out of our campsite en route home Place not stated Related account #3798

Twist

While driving out of camp the witness noticed an older violently twisted tree at 9-10 ft that continued to grow and photographed it.

Twist
Over the Labor Day weekend that same year (31 August to 2 September) Place not stated Related account #3798

Tree break

North of the second site near the creek the witness and spouse found more tree breaks and a huge pile of dried feces with seeds and berries unlike local bear scat.

Tree breakScat
Later that day Place not stated Related account #3798

Tree break

Later the same day the witness found a 50-70 meter stretch with over 15 trees broken off 4-8 ft up and photographed them.

Tree break
BFRO YEAR: '96 Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California Class B #3798

Three people looking for Sasquatch sign, while camping in the Bluff Creek area of California

During a July 1996 daytime search near Bluff Creek, the witness crossed to a glade and found a small cedar with its top freshly twisted off several feet up. The break and stripped bark looked moist and recent, and the detached top lay at the base. The witness photographed the tree and carried the top back to camp.

Tree breakTwist
earlier that day Place not stated Related account #13362

Tree break

Earlier that day the witness noticed bark picked off a tree, thought not bear-made.

Tree break
earlier that day Place not stated Related account #13362

Structure or nest

Earlier that day the witness found very large branches torn from distant trees and laid across trails near the camp.

Structure or nestTree break
Saturday, Nevember 22 Place not stated Related account #7452

Tracks

During a later day-hike, the witness noticed a possible partial large human-like footprint in clay but found no other prints to confirm it.

Tracks
one year later Huntington Lake, Fresno County, California Related account #9296

Tracks near Huntington Lake, California

The witness returned to the same general area one year later with his kids and found about four large footprints with a four-foot gait.

Tracks