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BFRO YEAR: 1978/79 Twain Harte, Tuolumne County, California Class A #1090

Girl has daytime sighting near Twain Harte

At about age 12-13 the witness returned alone to a stream and rock in dense woods behind the campground. From about 15 feet away she saw a long dark-haired arm with long fingers wrapped around a pine beside the trail, then a flat dark face peer out and make eye contact. She fled past the tree back to the family trailer and stayed there for the rest of the vacation without telling her parents at the time.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1987-88 Tulare County, California Class A #2794

Woman has early evening sighting near Kennedy Meadows

While driving on a dirt road toward a campsite near Kennedy Meadows at dusk, the witness saw a large, hairy figure running among Joshua trees about 100 yards away. The figure moved north on two legs and then disappeared from view when the witness looked again after speaking to a passenger. The witness continued to the campsite and told the rest of the group about the sighting.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1968 or 69 Payne's Creek, Tehama County, California Class A #849

Girl has daytime sighting near Payne's Creek

While walking with two companions in the woods on a hunting trip, the witness saw a tall dark-brown hair-covered figure come down a hill, cross a creek in one step, and disappear into trees. The companions did not see it. A relative hunting on the other side of the creek heard loud heavy breathing around the same time, and the witness later felt the figure matched televised Bigfoot footage.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 72-73 Corning, California North//paskenta Nw, Tehama County, California Class A #7731

Hunting Partners Have Early Morning Roadway Sighting

Early one morning in 1972 or 1973 the witness rode with a relative toward a hunting area when headlights revealed an animal leaving an orchard and crossing the road on all fours. The animal turned its head toward the vehicle, showing teeth, then went into a ditch, stood upright and stepped over a fence before disappearing from view. The relative acknowledged an animal crossing but did not see the upright movement and later did not recall the event.

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BFRO YEAR: late 70's Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, California Class B #13839

Possible vocals heard by family camping near Happy Camp

A family camping in a primitive riverside area heard an extremely loud, shrill scream from near their trash area about 50 yards away after paper bags flared up the campfire. The sound moved rapidly downriver for several minutes, fading to a deep growl, while the adult dogs whimpered and the family became terrified. The father packed up camp that night and drove the family home, and the family later felt the sound matched a purported Sasquatch vocalization heard on television.

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BFRO YEAR: 1973-74 Redding, Ca, Because French Gulch Was A Town Back In The Gold Rush Days Of Old California. People Still Live In The Area Of What Is Now Called French Gulch., Shasta County, California Class B #26381

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.

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BFRO YEAR: 1970 1990 Redding, Shasta County, California Class A #11496

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.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1978 or 79 Redding, Shasta County, California Class A #1653

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.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
BFRO YEAR: 1987-89 Manton, Shasta County, California Class B #69291

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.

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BFRO YEAR: 1997-98 La Porte, Plumas County, California Class B #2037

Man has interesting experiences outside of La Porte

During extended thesis fieldwork in remote mountain country, the witness found a set of human-like footprints in fine silt on a meander of Upper Slate Creek, noting dermal ridges, five even-length toes, a square shape and no instep, with a 20-inch stride noted in follow-up. Three pieces of mottled brown feces with a faint odor were found with the prints. No creature was seen and no other person was present for this find.

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BFRO YEAR: 93/95 GREENFIELD, Monterey County, California Class A #7334

Daytime sightings by Forest Service employee near Arroyo Seco

The witness stopped to rest during an early-morning fitness run near a lake area when he heard movement on a shaded, brush-covered hillside. About 20 feet away he saw a roughly 8-foot-tall upright figure that turned its upper body to stare at him before walking quickly uphill and out of sight. Shade prevented him from seeing facial details. He returned to the station convinced the figure was not human.

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BFRO YEAR: Early 70's San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California Class A #325

Early 70's, Sighting by a deer hunter, off of Highway # 2, in the San Grabriel Mountains

Two hunting companions in a steep canyon area reported watching a brown figure about 700 yards away across the canyon. The figure reportedly stood up and walked on two legs uphill with a slumped posture for about five to six seconds before going out of sight, at one point possibly dropping to all fours on steeper ground. The witnesses first thought it was a person or a bear but felt its walk looked too odd for either. The encounter is said to have occurred on a clear warm afternoon in the fall in the early 1970s.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1990? Azusa, Los Angeles County, California Class B #15013

Possible growling at hikers near the San Gabriel Wilderness

About 15 years before reporting, the witness and a friend paused at a saddle near Smith Mountain while hiking. They heard a very low growl/snuffling sound from tall bushes nearby that they could not see through. Frightened, they left quickly without investigating, and the witness later wondered about the source after seeing nearby reports.

Growl
BFRO YEAR: 1975-76 Between Mammoth Lakes & Bishop California. Per The Passenger, He Estimated The Sighting Location Was Between 2 To 21/2 Hours, Driving Time South Of Mammoth Lakes., Inyo County, California Class A #25266

Two men recall a nighttime face to face encounter on lonely Hwy. 395

Two companions driving home from skiing at night in an open convertible saw a large hair-covered biped jogging on the dirt shoulder ahead of them. They slowed and pulled alongside to within about ten feet, watching it eye-to-eye in moonlight and headlights before it ran down off the elevated highway. Both occupants viewed the creature, noting its muscular build and human-like surprised expression.

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
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.

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BFRO YEAR: 1976-77 Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, California Class B #4790

Family finds large footprints and hears strange sounds near Pollock Pines

During a family walk on a mountain logging trail in the late 1970s, the group heard branches breaking around them. Near a recently fallen tree they found a wet blood-like substance on the log and a very large fresh human-like footprint that dwarfed an adult man's boot. The group quickly left the area and returned toward the cabin.

TracksUnidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: 1982-83 Bear Valley, Alpine County, California Class B #5104

Hunters are intimidated out of their hunting ground near Bear Valley

Two deer hunters reported that after a rock flew over their heads in a meadow, something unseen paralleled them down a trail for about a mile while throwing or rolling large rocks alongside them. Back at camp that night all four hunters heard a large tree fall across the creek after noticing an unusual absence of wildlife all day. Believing something did not want them in the valley, the group packed up and left that night.

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BFRO YEAR: 1990 appro Lincoln, Lewis And Clark County, Montana Class B #562

Hunting party reports frightening vocalization

Six hunters in pairs heard a distant high-pitched scream likened to a rusty gate while hunting elk south of Indian Meadows trailhead in the afternoon. Two hunters who were closer to the sound were badly disturbed and left the area on game trails. No one saw the source and no tracks were found.

Scream
BFRO YEAR: about 1980 Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington Class A #9197

Motorist surprises animal crossing freeway

About 25 years ago on a summer night, the witness was driving north on I-5 south of Bellingham when an animal ran across the freeway from left to right. He swerved to avoid it and saw it in the headlights running on all fours, noting reddish fur, a higher shoulder line, and a flat ape-like face with large eyes. He first thought it was a large dog then a young bear before concluding its face did not match either. He did not stop, and his passenger slept through the incident.

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