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May 1979 Del Norte County, California Class A #1664

While sitting around a campfire witnesses saw a set of red glowing eyes

The witness and four companions were sitting and talking around a campfire at night when they heard loud crashing and rustling about 50 feet away in the woods. They reported seeing a pair of red glowing eyes about eight feet high that watched them for about a minute, though no body outline was visible in the dark. The source of the eyes then turned and moved away through the woods making crashing sounds.

EyeshineFootstepsAnimal behaviour
January 1979 Hiouchi Is Not Really A Town,so Crescent City Would Be Closer., Del Norte County, California Class A #12917

Vehicle passenger's daylight sighting near Hiouchi

The witness was riding as a passenger on a road toward town in the late morning when the driver pointed to the side. The witness then watched a very large, muscular, long-haired creature walk across an open dried creekbed, apparently unaware of the car. The side view was unobstructed but the face was not seen.

Full-body sighting
1 September 1975 Crescent City, Del Norte County, California Class B #5260

Family sees prints near Crescent City

The witness was traveling with family members when their vehicle pulled over and everyone got out. The group noticed many large footprints in sand along a small river leading uphill toward the forest. They then heard a noise from the ridge across the river and briefly saw a large creature moving bipedally over the ridge out of sight, after which they got back in the vehicle and left.

Partial sightingTracksUnidentified sound
20 October 1967 Del Norte County, California Class A #1563

Two men on horseback film a bigfoot as it retreats out of the creek bed and into the woods. The footage is referred to as the Patterson-Gimlin footage, named after the two men who obtained it

Two witnesses on horseback following a creek-bottom trail reported seeing a bigfoot drinking from the creek. The creature stood up and walked away while one witness filmed its retreat with a handheld movie camera. Investigators later visited the site and measured tracks to estimate the figure's height.

Full-body sighting
in prior years Del Norte County, California Related account #1563

Tracks near Del Norte County

In earlier years workers noticed large human-like footprints on soft soil of new logging roads in the same area.

Tracks
on the third night Gasquet, Del Norte County, California Related account #62496

Whistle near Gasquet, California

From a porch, the witness heard paired three-chirp whistles approach for about an hour and a half and then heard loud walking brush noise that stopped about fifty feet away behind the former foxhole.

WhistleFootsteps
early the next morning Gasquet, Del Norte County, California Related account #62496

Whistle near Gasquet, California

Near dawn by a vehicle, the witness heard a close chirping whistle and exchanged matching whistles back and forth several times before it stopped.

Whistle
that evening Gasquet, Del Norte County, California Related account #62496

Whistle near Gasquet, California

The witness waited alone in a foxhole across the road while recorded calls were played and heard a loud moving whistle followed by a very close whistle from across the road after noticing possible faint eyeshine.

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during the month of August Gasquet, Del Norte County, California Related account #62496

Vocalization near Gasquet, California

A law enforcement officer had repeatedly heard powerful vocalizations between two creatures around a remote cabin during August.

Vocalization
BFRO YEAR: 1993 or 94 Crescent City, Del Norte County, California Class B #2387

Camper at Mill Creek Campground heard three screams that echoed through the forest

The witness was camping and woke early at dawn to walk to the campground bathroom. They heard an extremely loud echoing yell three times that they felt was not from a man, bear, or wildcat. The witness did not see anything and ran to the bathroom frightened.

Vocalization