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18 October 2002 Yreka, Siskiyou County, California Class A #7637

Parents pursue 7 1/2' tall female biped across pasture after being alerted by daughter

The witness was taking a dog outside at night and felt watched after the dog stared and growled. After shining a flashlight in that direction, the witness saw two hairy bipedal figures cross a fence and then ran inside. Relatives then went outside, reportedly saw the larger figure up close, noticed odor and sounds, and the group found large tracks the next day.

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11 August 1998 Hornbrook, Siskiyou County, California Class A #2862

Sighting by a Family on the Banks of the Klamath River near Hornbrook

A family of four was fishing along the Klamath River on a sunny afternoon when they noticed quiet woods and a strong sour odor. They saw a very large dark-brown hair-covered figure standing across the river by brush and watched for a few minutes as it crouched to drink. The figure was gone after a loud jeep passed and distracted them.

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5 May 1989 Weed, Siskiyou County, California Class A #174

Camper awakes to a very large hairy figure

The witness reports waking in the back of a truck at a campground in the pre-dawn hours and seeing a large dark form leaving the canopy window. She looked out and watched a very large, dark, hairy bipedal figure move quickly uphill into dense pine forest. Afterward she woke her companion, both noticed a dank musky odor, and they promptly left the camp.

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October 1979 Hilt, Siskiyou County, California Class A #5284

Hunter/Logger has a sighting in a closed logging area near Hilt

The witness returned to a secluded previously logged area to hunt with a dog. About 100 yards away, a dark brown hair-covered figure was seen crouching behind brush and staring at the witness and dog. The dog froze with raised fur and refused to advance. After a brief look through a rifle scope noting human-like eyes and black facial skin, the witness smelled strong body odor and quickly left the area.

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July 1966 Callahan, Siskiyou County, California Class A #1792

Sighting at East Boulder Lake

A camp counselor leading about two dozen children on a backcountry hike reported encountering an erect, reddish-brown hairy creature at close range on a ridge in daylight. The creature watched the group for about a minute, then fled upslope on two legs. That night at a lakeside camp the group reported a strong skunk-like odor, distant landslides, a small dim green light, snapping branches, and large shadowy figures moving among trees for about two hours. Activity reportedly ceased after two counselors left to seek medical help for an ill child.

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around four in the morning Old Northern California Mining Camp,, Siskiyou County, California Related account #12405

Door or window contact near Old Northern California Mining Camp,, California

Around four in the morning something banged on the trailer, and when the witness went outside all body hair stood up before fleeing inside to the strong garbage-like smell.

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from early-mid spring through early fall Old Northern California Mining Camp,, Siskiyou County, California Related account #12405

Odor near Old Northern California Mining Camp,, California

A strong wet-garbage odor appeared suddenly in the yard and house repeatedly from spring through fall, sometimes waking the witness gagging.

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approximatly, 12:00 A.M. Yreka, Siskiyou County, California Related account #8069

Odor near Yreka, California

About a week earlier the witness sat outside around midnight and noticed a faint but pungent odor like skunk, rotting carcass and dirty wet dog drifting from the west up the hill.

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The next morning Hilt, Siskiyou County, California Related account #5284

Tracks near Hilt, California

While working in the same woods before the sighting, the witness found large human-like tracks in wet mud, a foul odor, and very large fresh scat.

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years before Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California Related account #4630

Odor near Dunsmuir, California

Years earlier the witness and companions camping in the same area believed they were stalked, smelled an odor, and left without seeing anything.

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