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Howl near Arnold, California (1977)
The witness and a companion were on a deer-hunting trip and had parked to sleep in the bed of a truck. Late at night they heard a loud howl followed by rapid gibberish and saw a dark shape in the road that stood and moved away with smooth motion. After returning to the truck and falling asleep, the witness was awakened by the truck rocking and heard something move alongside the vehicle before kicking scattered camp gear and walking away.
Teens have unusual experience near Myers Flat
Five boys were camping overnight in a repaired old logging cabin in the woods. During the night they were awakened by huffing, shuffling and prying sounds as something circled and probed the cabin walls. When the door was opened they saw only dark hairy legs in the darkness, a companion fired a rifle, and the creature screamed and fled with heavy thuds, leaving torn ground and indentations.
Sasquatch sighting in California
A trail camera set for drug-trafficking surveillance far back in the forest was found ripped off its tree. The short video appears to show a bipedal animal deliberately covering the camera with handfuls of leaves. The officer who retrieved it did not know what to make of it but said it was not a bear.
Wood knock in California
Over several months the household experienced repeated nighttime disturbances around the house. The daughter reported something slapping the wall under her window and a loud barrel-like impact on the roof. The witness heard hammering on roofs at 3 a.m., single hard tree hits like a bat, chirp whistles and a raccoon-like scream, and objects hitting bedroom windows.
Whistle in California
While logging on private timberland above the river, the witness heard whistles and knocks in the early morning and found crew lunches missing. The Native crew members refused to leave the vehicle until daylight. Years later the witness interpreted the sounds and missing food as Bigfoot activity.
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.
Property disturbance near Lake County
The witness's father hung two large slabs of wild hog meat on high hooks under the roof rafters to cure overnight and brought them inside each morning. One morning both slabs were gone without torn meat, bent hooks, drag marks, or mess, and the family's dogs would not approach the spot and had barked not at all overnight. The witness speculates the creature seen earlier may have taken the meat.
Sasquatch sighting in California
A 10-year-old riding a bike reported being chased by a gorilla-like animal that ran on all fours. The animal allegedly grabbed the rear tire, throwing the rider over the handlebars, then bent the mountain bike in half and threw it about 20 feet up into a tree. The child ran home and an officer who investigated reportedly found the mangled bike in the tree with no explanation.
Door or window contact near Agoura Hills, California
The guest describes repeated nighttime activity while staying at a friend's hilltop ranch property as a teenager. Windows and a concrete wall were banged on, a pine cone was thrown to land in front of them, neat rock stacks appeared, trash was picked through neatly, and large feces were found. He also recalls paralyzing fear that something watched him through a bedroom window.
Sasquatch sighting near Eureka, California
The witness had placed trash cans under his bedroom window after finding trash strewn near the woods. One night he woke to rattling, saw a cone-headed form at the cans, and watched it spin, drop to all fours, and sprint across the roughly 50-yard yard into dense rainforest-like brush at remarkable speed. At the time he dismissed it as a bear, but later interpreted the long arms and quadrupedal run as Sasquatch-like.
Property disturbance near Orleans, California
The next day the group found the cabin river water intake clogged and broken, believed to have been stepped on.
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.
Scream near Round Mountain, California
The witness and partner heard intermittent screaming above camp for about half an hour and later heard something lifting and dropping their ATV trailer before it moved uphill.
Property disturbance near Alpine, California
Fruit was taken from tops of tall trees, fencing was knocked down, and a metal wind chime was found flattened.
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.
Property disturbance near Azusa, California
The witness reported that an entity stripped a fish stringer.
Property disturbance near Azusa, California
The witness reported that an entity took a backpack and ran up a steep hill.
Property disturbance near Phillips, California
Resort staff reported a ravenous bear raiding garbage in the general area the previous day.
Property disturbance near Butte County
During the residency the household dogs' five-gallon water buckets were found empty every day and evening without tipping and the dogs would not leave their houses after dark.
Sasquatch sighting near Bear Valley, California
On a later trip to the same valley, the witness saw something through the tent screen lift a red ice chest and then put it down and run off when yelled at.