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Large Footprints Found, Vocalizations Heard by Vacationer Near Lake Shasta
While on a family houseboat trip, the witness walked up a creek bed and found two sizes of bare human-like five-toed tracks that crossed sharp rocks and entered the woods. That night while sleeping atop the beached houseboat with a relative, both heard two loud distant resonant screams that rose high then dropped into a gargle-growl. The relative also later reported hearing heavy footsteps, breathing and grunting along the shore before dawn.
Couple Has Frightening Encounter Near Lake Shasta
A couple drove to a remote meadow near Squaw Creek and camped overnight. After the campfire burned low at night they heard loud breaking branches, rushing movement circling and approaching the camp, and a loud howl-like vocalization, while their dog growled and a strong foul odor was present. They kept the fire large, shone flashlights into the woods without seeing eyeshine, and left at daylight, later associating the incident with Bigfoot after a friend's comment.
Two Young Fishermen Have Mid-day Encounter at Lake Shasta
The witness was walking back toward a lakeside cove after dropping his sister at a dock when he heard footsteps and saw a large hair-covered figure approach to within a few feet. He and his cousin jumped into the lake and watched from the water as the figure stood watching them before running rapidly up a steep brush-covered hill and disappearing. People arriving from a nearby hilltop cabin later said such creatures visited their cabin occasionally.
Woman describes a childhood encounter outside a tent on the edge of Lake Shasta
While camping with family, the witness woke in the middle of the night and looked out of the tent expecting a bear. About 15 to 20 feet away under the hung food bag stood two very tall, upright, dark-haired figures, one noticeably taller than the other. After the witness gasped, both figures looked at the witness, glanced at each other, then left silently into the darkness. The witness told no one at the time and searched for tracks the next morning without success.
Odor near Redding, California
The witness occasionally noticed a strong death-like smell coming down off the mountain.
Animal behaviour near Redding, California
The witness frequently felt watched and occasionally felt unexplained fear, especially when locking up alone after the last tour.
Unidentified sound near Redding, California
The witness recalled only strange sounds around the mountaintop building in addition to thrown sticks and rocks.
Rock throwing near Redding, California
The witness reported rocks and sticks repeatedly hitting the cavern-entrance building during the weeks before the sighting, occurring only when she was alone.
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.
Lady has two Northern California sightings, over a 20year period
While trolling for bass from a boat on a warm summer day with a companion and a dog, the witness watched a huge dark-haired biped walk to the water's edge and pull up what looked like a stick fish trap. The creature inspected the apparently empty trap, placed it back, then climbed a very steep slope effortlessly without looking toward the boat. The companion did not see the creature while the dog barked and howled throughout the several-minute observation from about 50 yards away.
Husband and wife have late night sighting on Highway 299
The witness and husband were driving west at night when a tan-colored figure entered the headlights from the left. It crossed the roadway in two strides and went into a ravine on the right within a few seconds. Both occupants perceived the figure and confirmed it to each other after the crossing.
Footsteps near Not Sure., California
A relative reported hearing heavy footsteps, heavy breathing and grunting along the shore near the grounded houseboat before dawn.
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.
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.
Sasquatch sighting near Viola, California
A neighbor reportedly had something happen at the same up-country area.
Sasquatch sighting near Viola, California
A store worker told the witness the same thing had happened to her at the same place years earlier.
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.
Howl near Viola, California
On a morning fishing trip the witness, his spouse and his adult son heard about ten loud yells or howls coming from multiple sides of the lake.
Tracks near Old Shasta, CA Near Redding, California
Other tracks were seen on the same road during a ride in November 2012.