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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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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.

FootstepsGrowl
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #2845

Footsteps

The witness notes having had many bears walk around their tent in the Thousand Lakes Wilderness Area.

Footsteps
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
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #11162

Sasquatch sighting

While driving on the driveway a companion saw a dark face with deep-set eyes and shaggy head behind a tree, after which the witness heard bipedal footsteps receding through leaves.

Partial sightingFootsteps
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
around midnight Saturday night Place not stated Related account #14407

Footsteps

Late Saturday night the witness and a companion heard something pacing back and forth in the marsh beside the camp for about an hour and a half.

Footsteps
Halfway though the season Place not stated Related account #7334

Sasquatch sighting

Halfway through a later fire season, the witness and a coworker chased what they thought was a turkey in the trash area and saw only the upper body of a fast-moving creature with a turtle-shaped head going down a slope.

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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.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
in 1978 Pope Valley, Napa County, California Related account #2210

Footsteps near Pope Valley, California

A relative heard footsteps in gravel in the evening, encountered something that fled, leaving a musty skunk-like odor that lingered.

FootstepsPartial sightingOdor
That night Place not stated Related account #13613

Footsteps

That night the group was awakened in their tents by sounds of bipedal walking moving through camp, pausing when they talked and resuming when they quieted.

Footsteps
the night prior to the sighting Place not stated Related account #21674

Footsteps

On the prior night at a tent site deeper in the bush, the witness and companion heard loud circling footsteps breaking branches, shouted warnings, fired rifle rounds, then fled on foot to a highway ditch until morning.

Footsteps
During the night Not Sure. Very Small Towns., Kern County, California Related account #1036

Footsteps near Not Sure. Very Small Towns., California

During the night a relative heard tramping and movement outside his car and woke the witness.

Footsteps
As we approached Fleming Lake Place not stated Related account #4929

Footsteps

While hiking toward Fleming Lake earlier, the party heard something moving through thick brush in the ravine below, breaking branches, which a companion thought was a bear.

Footsteps
probably 1-4 AM Place not stated Related account #47165

Footsteps

The night before the treetop sighting, the witness and companion heard wading-like sloshing steps in the river near the tent, then found nothing when searching with a light.

Footsteps
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #15821

Footsteps

On a prior night at Dark Lake with a relative, the witness heard footsteps around camp and wood knocking all night.

FootstepsWood knock
recently Place not stated Related account #10258

Unidentified sound

The witness and a companion camped by a nearby river and heard rock sounds and heavy footsteps and saw slide-like marks on the bank.

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