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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
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
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.

Date unknown Miranda And Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Related account #8183

Sasquatch sighting near Miranda And Myers Flat, California

The witness's relative later said she had seen a hairy figure standing on a log or stump above her at the same spring and creek area.

Full-body sighting
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.

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
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 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
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