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35 encounters
2011 California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/02/28/sc-ep196-the-paracas-skulls

Wood knock in California (2011)

The guest backpacked alone into the remote Sierra camp where the Sierra Sounds were recorded to see if activity continued. During the afternoon he heard a loud wood knock outside his tent, and that night he heard chatter, a barrel being banged, loud bipedal footsteps circling, and breathing right beside the tent. After a quiet interval he heard an unexplained electronic sound outside at 4 a.m. He left the next morning convinced the group was still present.

Wood knockChatterProperty disturbanceFootstepsUnidentified sound +1
8 September 2007 North Of Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California Class A #25260

Nighttime sighting (in headlights) by law enforcement officer on patrol near Cloverdale

The witness, on patrol driving west on Highway 128 outside Cloverdale, first noticed movement and eye reflection in brush along a ravine. After backing up, the witness observed a tall, brown-furred bipedal figure walking away through overgrowth, pushing branches aside with its arm. The witness then stopped and listened for several minutes as slow crunching sounds receded toward a creek area.

Partial sightingEyeshineFootstepsAnimal behaviour
14 July 2006 Shaver Lake, Fresno County, California Class B #17458

Hikers describe possible stalking and vocalizations the John Muir Wilderness

Three backpackers hiking toward Hobler Lake at dusk noticed a large reddish-brown animal moving parallel to them for about an hour. After dark the witness saw a tall, wide, long-armed furry biped watching from behind a tree, which walked away when spoken about. The group camped at the lake, later hearing disturbance sounds and finding camp items slightly moved.

Partial sightingSilhouetteFootstepsAnimal behaviour
24 July 2004 West Point, Calaveras County, California Class B #9051

Family hears strange sounds near West Point at dusk

A couple picnicking by a creek at dusk heard a loud howl from downstream with gibberish-like barking between howls, then an answering howl from the ridge behind them. Cattle downstream moved upstream away from the sound. They left at dark, drove downstream toward the first howl location, saw a buck fleeing the creek bottom, and found no people at creek access areas.

HowlChatterAnimal behaviour
May 2003 Hesperia, San Bernardino County, California Class B #6304

Young lady believes that the creature is back

The witness visited a relative's house after a goose was found dead with a broken neck, punctures, and missing insides. She also reports finding a four-toed footprint, flattened weeds suggesting something had lain down and walked through, and damage to a chicken-coop roof. The night had been unusually quiet and livestock were nervous the next morning.

TracksProperty disturbanceAnimal behaviour
September 2001 Crescent City, Del Norte County, California Class A #3075

A young man observes a creature with a gorilla face

The son, riding as a passenger in a vehicle traveling alongside a river, reported seeing a large hairy animal squatting on a rock in the water appearing to drink with its hand. The father, who was driving, did not see the animal. The sighting was very brief, lasting only seconds, and was said to have occurred in the early afternoon.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
May 2001 Johnson, Humboldt County, California Class A #2755

While conducting sound survey project, two team members see Bigfoot

A team of four was conducting a nighttime sound survey from a clear-cut overlooking a river valley while one member did a live radio interview from a parked vehicle near the treeline. The interviewer heard repeated charging sounds, footfalls and a grunt-growl from dense brush a few feet away while two teammates uphill watched with a night-vision device. The uphill observers reported a huge 8-foot-plus figure about 25 feet away leaning side to side to look through the trees and moving its arms. The episode lasted about 30 minutes, followed later by a distant scream, and a next-day search found disturbed soil but no footprints.

Partial sightingFootstepsGrowlMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
July 2000 Ft. Jones, Siskiyou County, California Class A #2928

Eighteen campers find hut; videotape distressed bigfoot walking down mountain ridge

A large camping group found a hut-like structure made of snapped boughs and filmed it in detail. While examining the structure, a group member pointed out a distant figure moving along a ridge. The witness videotaped the figure for several minutes as it moved back and forth, gestured, and disappeared behind rocks.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteStructure or nestAnimal behaviour
1995 California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/09/04/sc-ep142-retired-border-patrol-agent-speaks-out

Sasquatch sighting in California (1995)

Later the same night a supervisor watching through a thermal tank scope saw a very large bipedal heat signature approach two other agents on foot. The figure was described as towering over the agents, walking like a person rather than a bear, and stalking them. The supervisor ordered the agents back to their vehicles.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1995 California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/09/04/sc-ep142-retired-border-patrol-agent-speaks-out

Unidentified sound in California (1995)

The witness and three other agents were on a midnight training patrol near a river in heavy fog. They heard a single very loud splash and then quiet shuffling steps moving upstream in shallow water, with coyotes acting strangely and no visible source. They searched with flashlights, found no entering or exiting tracks, and eventually left the area without an explanation.

Unidentified soundFootstepsAnimal behaviour
August 1993 Bluff Creek, Del Norte County, California Class A #2954

A field researcher describes the events of his two week long solo backpacking trip in the Bluff Creek area

The witness was camped alone at the intersection of four logging roads in Northern California, tending a campfire late at night. He became aware of a pair of reflective eyes watching him from behind a bush about 70 feet away and watched them for over an hour as the fire died down until they disappeared. In the morning he found large foot-shaped flattened grass impressions leading to and from the spot behind the bush.

EyeshineTracksAnimal behaviour
1989–1993 California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dG066zcV9vjVWFBsxXkZR_kktRENsQnnY-PZJ_yYLOo

UFO sighting in California (1989)

While driving at night to look at tracks, the guest and two companions saw flashing lights over the ocean and stopped with a highway patrolman to watch. They went to a coastal overlook where five then nine lights maneuvered erratically and pulsed colors. One green light circled after a mental request, another beamed down over the highway stopping cars, then jets scattered them.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
1984 California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/KkfJl7hjjDa8YP0RigwqsSEEszvUeud-Qg9OQDPcS8A

Sasquatch sighting in California (1984)

The witness was hiking alone and stopped to rest on a rock ledge overlooking a meadow. An orange-haired bipedal creature emerged from the treeline and foraged on plants for about ten minutes while approaching. After the witness greeted it, the creature stared, then walked away while keeping its eyes on the witness, briefly raising its hand when asked to stay.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
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
May 1979 Del Norte County, California Class A #1664

While sitting around a campfire witnesses saw a set of red glowing eyes

The witness and four companions were sitting and talking around a campfire at night when they heard loud crashing and rustling about 50 feet away in the woods. They reported seeing a pair of red glowing eyes about eight feet high that watched them for about a minute, though no body outline was visible in the dark. The source of the eyes then turned and moved away through the woods making crashing sounds.

EyeshineFootstepsAnimal behaviour
1975–1976 Oceanside, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/YScIFc6KhOX9bnVSe-Zq_N8HMM1bxaBDF02R-yZwEzE

Sasquatch sighting near Oceanside, California (1975)

While living on a military base and walking a trail past eroded hillsides to the beach, the witness repeatedly smelled a strong odor and had small rocks tossed at the back of the carried board. The witness once saw the hairy backside of a large figure running into the hollows, and a friend who teased its speech and threw a rock was chased. Soon after, military police closed the area and the hillside was leveled.

Partial sightingOdorRock throwingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
August 1971 Strawberry, Tuolumne County, California Class B #1954

Brothers have strange experience above Strawberry

A group staying in a high-elevation pine forest reported repeated large footprints and strange nighttime sounds over an unspecified period. During one late-night episode, one person looking out from a shelter saw a large shape briefly enter moonlight and then leave. A very large size and long stride were reported for the shape and tracks.

TracksVocalizationAnimal behaviourPartial sighting
probably 10 years ago now Big Bend, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Unidentified sound near Big Bend, California

After catching a large trout late in the day far downriver, the witness climbed the gorge in darkness and tried to find the road through brush. A large unseen presence to his left breathed deeply, walked through vegetation rather than around it, and paced him, stopping and moving with him. He broke his pole, was struck by a whipped branch, reached the road, ran to camp, and later saw brushed-down vegetation where he emerged.

Unidentified soundMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
when we were probably 16, 17 Big Bend, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Movement only near Big Bend, California

Two teenagers with small-caliber rifles were walking back to their vehicle late at night after frog hunting around a brush-ringed pond. Something in the thick brush knocked vegetation aside and paced them, stopping when they stopped and moving when they moved. About thirty yards from the car they ran and drove off.

Movement onlyAnimal behaviour
Date unknown California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/09/04/sc-ep142-retired-border-patrol-agent-speaks-out

Sasquatch sighting in California

An agent hiking detained individuals up a ridge at dusk heard brush breaking below and saw a large bipedal beast pushing through tall brush with its arms. The creature's head and shoulders were above six to eight foot brush. The agent and the group fled uphill until the creature was no longer visible.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour