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April 1958 Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California Class B #16691

Man describes possible sighting during childhood in Hinkley Basin

Two boys were riding bicycles down an old fire road when the witness slowed for mud and saw a dark brown man-shaped figure step from behind a redwood. The figure ran down a steep slope toward a creek while the witness heard two-footed steps on leaves for about two minutes. A companion riding behind also glimpsed the figure.

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three nights before my sighting California #154b0476-8de7-4087-a8ea-0b6f13abff7f

Footsteps in California

A few nights before the daylight sighting, food had been left out for deer. The witnesses heard chewing that sounded human-like and went to the balcony to look. Nothing was visible, but they heard loud pounding footsteps running away and something launching off and going silent.

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Saturday night, this last summer California #154b0476-8de7-4087-a8ea-0b6f13abff7f

Footsteps in California

The witness camped with his children in a tent on the back deck to listen to the woods. Something large stomped down the hill and stopped under the deck for an extended time. During the night he heard owls surrounding the house, a low humming sound, howls, dogs barking, a whistle, and a raspy meow-like sound, and a rock and a stick hit the tent above his head.

FootstepsVocalizationHowlWhistleRock throwing +1
like two weeks after this incident Kern County, California #0d163533-a188-4de1-a02f-9b641bb87f44

Footsteps near Kern County

About two weeks later the same three men returned to a nearby picnic ground on the same river to night fish again. They heard rustling like small animals in leaves that seemed to circle them, followed by unintelligible whisper-like voices that felt very close and could not be located. Feeling the same intense fear as before, they stood back-to-back with firearms then withdrew to their car and left the gear, later learning from a ranger that the bend was where drowned bodies were recovered.

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Date unknown Shaver, California #145b62c2-9433-42e2-a73d-34e9d5d4c87f

Sasquatch sighting near Shaver, California

The witness drove into the mountains near Shaver with his dog for a day hike to clear his head. About fifteen feet away a reddish female creature stood up from behind a manzanita bush while a large black male charged down from about two hundred yards away. The witness covered his dog in a fetal position until the male stopped close by, then tossed an apple which the female grabbed and ate whole before both walked toward the ridge. Afterwards he found a reddish puddle of blood behind the bush and left quickly.

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a month before hunting season Tuolumne County, California #048ececa-6f74-4453-87ec-d3cd358448b8

Eyeshine near Tuolumne County

The witness and his father camped to build blinds and saw three sets of tall red eyeshine outside the fire circle that dimmed when lit. Later something struck their truck camper hard enough to knock items off shelves, then a loud woman-like scream sounded nearby with an answering scream where the eyes had been, followed by movement around the camper all night.

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Date unknown California #31526f64-b5d1-411c-a23b-6b18348a195f

Door or window contact in California

While camped with volunteers for an archaeology project in California, the witness heard something approach her tent at night and felt it touch the tent from top to bottom. She got out to look but found nothing. After re-entering, she heard a bang by her head, concluded it had been in a tree, then heard it walk away over granite.

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summer around 2002, over a couple months Orleans, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dG066zcV9vjVWFBsxXkZR_kktRENsQnnY-PZJ_yYLOo

Vocalization near Orleans, California

New owners of an abandoned property began hearing screams nightly and having trash bags taken from the porch and sorted in a bush by color and type. The female resident reported dark hairy figures throwing twigs, candy bait disappearing from rat traps, and large grass impressions. The guest saw the trackway and droppings and set a camcorder that allegedly captured the theft before his notes and tapes were stolen in a break-in.

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October Orick, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dG066zcV9vjVWFBsxXkZR_kktRENsQnnY-PZJ_yYLOo

Sasquatch sighting near Orick, California

A fisherman listening to elk cross Redwood Creek heard a much larger bipedal splashing that never lost footing in deep water. A huge muscular sasquatch emerged from fog about thirty feet away, gave him a contemptuous look, then walked to where the elk exited and followed them back into fog. He fled back to report it.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
when we were maybe like 18 Agoura Hills, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/08/08/sc-ep242-the-navajo-nation-and-sasquatch

Footsteps near Agoura Hills, California

When about eighteen and home alone with his friend, the guest heard something bipedal crashing through dense thorny brush about fifty feet away. It moved easily through vegetation impassable to people and ignored a nearby fire road. They shouted with no response as it continued over the mountain toward restricted wild land.

FootstepsMovement only
In the middle of the night Pinecrest, Tuolumne County, California Related account #868

Scream near Pinecrest, California

During the night the group heard a woman-like scream and heavy bipedal running up the hill, finding large two-toed footprints the next morning.

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last year Dorrington, Tuolumne County, California Related account #15197

Footsteps near Dorrington, California

The witness recalls feeling watched and hearing movement thought to be a deer around them at the same lake point the previous year without seeing anything.

Footsteps
late at night Old Northern California Mining Camp,, Siskiyou County, California Related account #12405

Footsteps near Old Northern California Mining Camp,, California

On many late nights the witness heard very heavy thumps moving down the hill behind the house, including one loud thump thought to be a jump from the road into the yard toward the creek.

Footsteps
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.

SilhouetteEyeshineOdorProperty disturbanceVocalization +3
early morning hours, pre-dawn Not Sure., Shasta County, California Related account #8184

Footsteps near Not Sure., California

A relative reported hearing heavy footsteps, heavy breathing and grunting along the shore near the grounded houseboat before dawn.

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Wednesday night Viola, Shasta County, California Related account #75290

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.

FootstepsProperty disturbance
early morning hours of August 14th at 1:am Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California Related account #24456

Growl near Yucaipa, California

On the first night the witness heard a loud awful sound three times and bipedal footsteps in leaves, then made a cat-fight sound and heard the steps leave the yard.

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the night before Idyllwild, Riverside County, California Related account #24644

Footsteps near Idyllwild, California

A family camped next to the ravine told the witness they heard footsteps the night before the main event but nothing that night.

Footsteps
at about 4am Idyllwild, Riverside County, California Related account #24644

Footsteps near Idyllwild, California

A companion camping with the witness heard footsteps around his tent at about 4am.

Footsteps
Early in the morning the night before Plumas County, California Related account #2212

Footsteps near Plumas County

The witness heard soft, careful footsteps moving through camp early in the morning the night before the screams, with no one else reportedly up.

Footsteps