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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.

Door or window contactFootstepsUnidentified sound
like a week ago California #1d36b920-b347-4bd0-b43d-033af2fa518c

Vocalization in California

While sleeping in his van in Alabama Hills, the witness woke at 2:30 AM to bird-like sounds shifting to crickets, then a short wailing whistle. Something pressed against the van and shook it violently while he felt overwhelming dread, pressure, inability to move and hear. After it stopped he dressed, found no tracks, felt watched while leaving, and drove to a populated rest stop.

VocalizationWhistleUnidentified soundVehicle contactAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1994,1995 Pinecrest, Tuolumne County, California Class A #868

Campers have sighting above Pinecrest

A group camping with horses heard the horses startle something at dusk and then saw a huge brown figure about 6 feet tall running extremely fast across a meadow away from the horses in a cloud of dust. One tethered horse was so frightened it jumped over another horse. The witness concluded the figure could not have been a bear because of the sound it made and the way it ran.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundPossible misidentification
three weeks ago Twain Harte, Tuolumne County, California Related account #7299

Vocalization near Twain Harte, California

The witness and a neighbor hear grunt and chirp-like noises from behind the home, with the last chirp three weeks before the follow-up.

VocalizationUnidentified sound
that night Orleans, Siskiyou County, California Related account #5649

Sasquatch sighting near Orleans, California

That night on the cabin porch the group heard movement by the tree line, noted jumpy horses, and saw a black outline in the trees.

SilhouetteUnidentified sound
Date unknown Redding, Shasta County, California Related account #11986

Unidentified sound near Redding, California

The witness recalled only strange sounds around the mountaintop building in addition to thrown sticks and rocks.

Unidentified sound
like several months ago Hespreria, San Bernardino County, California Related account #5160

Sasquatch sighting near Hespreria, California

Other people reportedly saw and heard unspecified things in the same area several months before the 2002 follow-up, said to be most active around August through September.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
late in the afternoon Hespreria, San Bernardino County, California Related account #5160

Sasquatch sighting near Hespreria, California

Five teenage boys exploring the riverbed heard movement in dense brush and saw a large hairy ape-like creature, then ran home frightened.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
from about 10:45 - 11:30 Mt. Baldly - Manker Flats Campground, San Bernardino County, California Related account #79588

Unidentified sound near Mt. Baldly - Manker Flats Campground, California

Earlier the same night the witness group heard extended coyote howling including one long howl that seemed out of place.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Grass Valley, Nevada County, California Related account #3421

Growl near Grass Valley, California

A relative of the witness reported hearing heavy breathing outside a trailer and sensing a close unseen presence at the door that made a snarl-like sound.

GrowlUnidentified sound
the first night Malakoff Historical State Park Campgrounds, Nevada County, California Related account #15174

Tree break near Malakoff Historical State Park Campgrounds, California

On the group's first night at the same campsite, they heard several distant tree breaks they dismissed as regular forest noises.

Tree breakUnidentified sound
Several days later Lee Vining, Mono County, California Related account #24743

Unidentified sound near Lee Vining, California

Several days later the witness with relatives heard debris falling down the canyon wall at night.

Unidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: 1957 or 58 Eureka, Humboldt County, California Class A #528

Three children have daytime sighting near Eureka

As children, the witness and two companions were fishing and walked up an old logging road when they heard a noise and saw a creature across the road in the trees. The creature stayed in cover across the road and kept pace as they ran back down toward a clearing, at times getting ahead then stopping to watch them. Once they reached the clearing, it was gone.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: 1976-77 Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, California Class B #4790

Family finds large footprints and hears strange sounds near Pollock Pines

During a family walk on a mountain logging trail in the late 1970s, the group heard branches breaking around them. Near a recently fallen tree they found a wet blood-like substance on the log and a very large fresh human-like footprint that dwarfed an adult man's boot. The group quickly left the area and returned toward the cabin.

TracksUnidentified sound
before bed Butte County, California Related account #1548

Unidentified sound near Butte County

On several trips to the outhouse before bed two household members noticed surrounding sounds stopping and felt watched with neck hairs prickling, after which they stopped going out after dark.

Unidentified soundAnimal behaviour