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Hunter locates large footprints near Railroad Flats
The witness and a relative were deer hunting and camped in a remote area. The witness scouted a hilltop path one afternoon, then returned the next morning after light rain to find large human-like barefoot prints overlying his own prints from the day before. He followed them along the ridge until they left the trail into trees and underbrush, where he stopped.
Sasquatch sighting in California (1967)
The guest describes traveling with a companion to Northern California to look for footprints and riding out daily from a camp on Bluff Creek. On October 20 they rode up the creek bed and encountered a large muscular creature standing by the water, which the companion filmed while the guest covered him. They followed its scuffs and a partial footprint uphill, later protected tracks for others to see, and noted a strong musky odor.
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.
Man retells his close, visual encounter at dawn on Pine Mountain as a young deer hunter
The witness, deer hunting at dawn from a ground position below a relative, watched a tall hair-covered biped step into a fire lane, pause and look toward the witness after hearing the witness speak, then cross and wait in brush before leaving downhill. The witness later found large barefoot-like tracks and noticed a strong foul odor at the crossing site. The witness did not shoot and initially told no one.
Deputy Sheriff sees strange footprints above Strawberry
A deputy sheriff responded to reports from local residents about footprints in Leland Meadow. The deputy reported finding hundreds of tracks in the snow, described as 15 inches long with a 5-foot stride. No casts were made, but the find was reported in the local newspaper.
Sasquatch sighting near Lake County (1958)
The witness, then a teenager, was riding with his brother and a friend in an old pickup checking irrigation on his father's walnut ranch when they spotted a tall hairy biped moving through the orchard. They chased it by farm roads as it ran uphill diagonally across a 40-acre block, stopped to watch it pass close by, then followed it across more blocks until it crossed a road and disappeared into dense brush on a neighboring property. Afterwards they inspected its long strides in wet ground and decided not to tell his father for fear of losing their irrigation job.
Sighting along Lytle Creek
The witness heard whistling and chomping sounds near a creek and looked toward them. A very muscular, hairy, man-like creature was present for about two minutes before walking into the treeline at the creek edge. The witness later returned to the area and found footprints by the creek.
Tracks in California (1950)
A construction worker at a Northern California site found large footprints and preserved one in plaster. He carried the cast into town and showed it to a local newspaper editor. The editor's remark about the size of the foot gave rise to the popular term for the phenomenon.
Wood knock in California
On a first visit to the film site with a friend, the witness found a fresh three-rock stack with wet sand. While the friend set up video, a loud wood knock was heard. Looking under riverside growth, the witness got brief glimpses of something moving along the hillside.
Tracks near Rumsey, California
A trapper following a drag trail found a partly eaten heifer covered with brush and large clawed tracks. That night his dogs hid in fear while unearthly screams moved away from his cabin. He sought help to hunt the animal.
Sasquatch sighting in California
Two prospectors were separated when one heard a whistle and saw a hair-covered man-like figure on a boulder. He aimed his gun and spoke to it in several languages without reply. It stopped as if recognizing danger, then fled over a hill.
Sasquatch sighting in California
An old hunter camped for several days found his fire scattered. He hid and watched two hairy bipeds visit the camp and play with burning sticks. They whistled, scattered the fire, then left together.
Tracks in California
The witness met a group of land-management environmental workers on the mountaintop who said they believed three Sasquatch-type creatures were in the area. They described the group as two adults and a juvenile based on track finds including very small and very large prints.
Chatter near Shaver, California
The witness and his wife stayed several nights in a rented cabin off Bretts Mill Road. On the first night they heard non-English chatter, found silver-dollar-sized rocks thrown on the deck and roof, and the next morning followed two large human-like tracks in snow that split and appeared to follow deer. Later the front door was found wide open despite latching difficulty, and on the final early morning something slapped the cabin and turned the locked door handle before running off, prompting them to leave at daylight.
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.
Tracks near Weaverville, California
A friend who worked as a highway patrolman found tracks where animals fleeing a fast wildfire had crossed a state highway. The highway was about eighty feet wide and the tracks showed it had been cleared in about two to two and a half steps.
Sasquatch sighting in California
The witness took two daughters for an evening hike on a trail near home where large trees blocked the path. The youngest daughter froze after seeing movement, and the witness ran forward to see a large hairy human-like figure by a tree staring at them. After a tense standoff with rocking motion, the group backed away and returned to the car. The middle daughter had recorded video, and later visits found large bare footprints where the figures had been.
Tracks near Oak Glen, California
On a later weekend hike on a steep in-and-out trail near Oak Glen, the pair found a single set of large footprint impressions in powdery dirt. The tracks were distinct at the trailhead and continued along the route. The witness recorded video of the impressions.
Sasquatch sighting in California
The friend was typing on a laptop when he looked up and saw an ugly man-like face staring through the window, then fled the room. The next morning in snow he and his father found large footprints circling the cabin and porch, knee-like marks by the bedroom window, and a large handprint on a snowy wall. A neighboring cabin owner said such activity was common and described watching animals from cabins at night as Bigfoot TV.
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.