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October 1988 Hoopa, Humboldt County, California Class A #11576

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.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 1985 Humboldt County, California Class B #2176

Large footprints found by witnesses

The witness and a friend were walking their dog on a trail when the dog lunged up a steep embankment toward loud crunching and branch-breaking sounds from above. They followed a short way to the top of a ridge but the source of the noise was gone. On top they found freshly broken lower tree branches up to 10 feet high and foot-like impressions in the duff without claw marks, then returned cross-country to the trail.

TracksTree breakFootsteps
August 1981 Humboldt County, California Class B #2142

Campers smell foul odor

Around midnight during a meteor shower outing, the witness was alone in a clearing, felt watched, then heard nearby rustling and ran back to camp. Shortly after, the group noticed an extremely strong sulfurous musky odor coming from a stand of trees. They pursued stomping and thrashing sounds uphill but never saw the source, and the pursuers fled after the sound and smell abruptly stopped.

OdorMovement onlyFootstepsAnimal behaviour
Spring 1978 Orleans, Klamath River Area., Humboldt County, California Class B #4642

Prospector has possible morning encounter on east side of Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation

In 1978 the witness was prospecting alone on a mountain trail and was overcome by intense fear. The witness left the trail, knelt and covered the eyes while something bipedal approached, paused nearby, then continued downhill. The witness did not look until it had left and therefore never saw it.

Footsteps
September 1977 Ottosen Ia, Humboldt County, Iowa Class B #5072

Witness reports seeing footprints as a child

As a young child, the witness was helping a relative with weed clearing in a bean field while another relative operated harvesting machinery. They found a line of very large human-like footprints with an unusually long stride leading toward the house and showed them to the other relative. The family contacted authorities, many local people came to view the prints, and the witness recalls being frightened afterward.

Tracks
June 1975 Orick, Humboldt County, California Class A #1108

Bigfoot sighted in Stony Lagoon south of Orick,Ca by two men camping who were so frightened they left in middle of night.

Two people camped overnight near the beach while traveling to fish. Under bright moonlight they watched a large humanlike figure trot south down the beach, and a companion called to it without effect. They later found very large widely spaced footprints in the sand, heard noises in nearby brush, and the companion reported eyeshine before they quickly left.

Full-body sightingTracksEyeshineUnidentified sound
September 1969 Orick, Humboldt County, California Class B #2935

Father and son see large footprints outside Orick

While camped on a river bar, the witness and his father walked inland up a creek to look for flowing water. On a sandy bar beside a pool they found very large, deep tracks crossing in a straight line with a long stride. The father compared his own foot, grew tense and watchful, then led the witness quickly back to camp saying they were bear tracks and telling him not to tell the others.

Tracks
July 1965 Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Class A #6963

Teens have unusual experience near Myers Flat

Five boys were camping overnight in a repaired old logging cabin in the woods. During the night they were awakened by huffing, shuffling and prying sounds as something circled and probed the cabin walls. When the door was opened they saw only dark hairy legs in the darkness, a companion fired a rifle, and the creature screamed and fled with heavy thuds, leaving torn ground and indentations.

Partial sightingScreamUnidentified soundFootstepsProperty disturbance +1
1964 Miranda And Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Class A #8183

Sisters have a sighting at different times in the mid 1960’s

The witness was walking down a wooded hillside toward a spring on the family property when a large ape-like figure was seen standing across the creek staring toward the witness. The witness backed uphill and left without approaching to look for traces and told no one at the time. The sighting is recalled as a warm Fall afternoon in the early 1960s.

Full-body sighting
August 1963 Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Class A #6961

Teen has daytime sighting near Myers Flat

The witness was hunting with two friends and hid alone in berry bushes to startle them. While waiting, the witness smelled a strong odor and saw a large hairy biped stand up nearby and walk away through thick brush, hearing snapping and leaf crunch as it left. The witness ran to the friends and later returned with them to find a squatted feeding spot and small broken trees.

Full-body sightingOdorFootstepsTree break
April 1961 I Believe Willow Creek, Calif., Humboldt County, California Class B #5232

Hunters have unusual late night experience near Willow Creek

Two companions camped under a large pine beside a mountain dirt road after their car slid near snow. After dark in the tent they heard grunts, loud breathing and bark crunching as something large circled the tent on two feet. After firing shots from the tent and finding nothing outside, they later heard a long loud high-pitched scream some distance away, then slept until morning and found no footprints in the bark.

VocalizationFootstepsScreamUnidentified sound
the last few days Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa Related account #2170

Unidentified sound near Humboldt, Iowa

In the days before the sighting the witnesses had heard odd noises from the same woods while dogs in town were going crazy.

Unidentified sound
That Fall Miranda And Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Related account #8183

Sasquatch sighting near Miranda And Myers Flat, California

Years later after moving back to the property, the witness and a young companion felt watched amid unusual silence one night and left for the nearest house.

BFRO YEAR: 1957 or 58 Eureka, Humboldt County, California Class A #528

Three children have daytime sighting near Eureka

As children, the witness and two companions were fishing and walked up an old logging road when they heard a noise and saw a creature across the road in the trees. The creature stayed in cover across the road and kept pace as they ran back down toward a clearing, at times getting ahead then stopping to watch them. Once they reached the clearing, it was gone.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
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
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
That night Orleans, Humboldt County, California Related account #7452

Sasquatch sighting near Orleans, California

On a return overnight stay, the dog barked and charged toward the trees but the witness found nothing unusual and reported no further sights or sounds.

May of 2003 South Of Redcrest, Humboldt County, California Related account #10265

Sasquatch sighting near South Of Redcrest, California

The witness had a second sighting in the same area in May 2003, documented as another report.

On a second trip Between Eureka And Crecent City, Oregon, Humboldt County, California Related account #369

Howl near Between Eureka And Crecent City, Oregon, California

On a later return to the same area the witness heard the same rhythmic howling from much farther away for about five minutes but failed to record it.

Howl
the day before [edited -- Location Details Removed], Humboldt County, California Related account #15652

Sasquatch sighting near [edited -- Location Details Removed], California

The witness saw two small bears feeding in apple trees with several deer visible nearby.

Full-body sighting