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1975–1976 Oceanside, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/YScIFc6KhOX9bnVSe-Zq_N8HMM1bxaBDF02R-yZwEzE

Sasquatch sighting near Oceanside, California (1975)

While living on a military base and walking a trail past eroded hillsides to the beach, the witness repeatedly smelled a strong odor and had small rocks tossed at the back of the carried board. The witness once saw the hairy backside of a large figure running into the hollows, and a friend who teased its speech and threw a rock was chased. Soon after, military police closed the area and the hillside was leveled.

Partial sightingOdorRock throwingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
October 1974 Quartz Hill, Los Angeles County, California Class A #1742

Two young men have a face to face encounter

The witness and his cousin heard noises outside the house for about 20 minutes and went into the backyard with a flashlight. They saw a tall hair-covered figure standing just beyond a six-foot fence staring at them. After a few seconds they ran back inside frightened. The next morning they found two deep impressions in the sandy soil beyond the fence.

Partial sightingEyeshineFootstepsTracks
August 1971 Strawberry, Tuolumne County, California Class B #1954

Brothers have strange experience above Strawberry

A group staying in a high-elevation pine forest reported repeated large footprints and strange nighttime sounds over an unspecified period. During one late-night episode, one person looking out from a shelter saw a large shape briefly enter moonlight and then leave. A very large size and long stride were reported for the shape and tracks.

TracksVocalizationAnimal behaviourPartial sighting
July 1965 Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Class A #6963

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.

Partial sightingScreamUnidentified soundFootstepsProperty disturbance +1
March 1963 Coulterville, Mariposa County, California Class A #1643

Two teenagers have late night sighting near Coulterville

The witness and a companion were in bed in a dark room at a ranch at night looking out a window. A large hairy creature looked in the window for about ten minutes, alternating looking inside the room and outside. When the witness went outside to look, nothing was visible.

Partial sighting
October 1959 Marysville And Grass Valley, Yuba County, California Class B #7211

Hunters Have Unusual Night Time Encounter

While deer hunting and camped overnight, the witness and a companion heard a very loud yelling-like scream from nearby woods and followed the companion's dogs with rifles. In a flashlight beam they saw a bipedal figure handling the dogs, throwing one, which then turned toward them and fled into trees with crashing brush and a lingering odor. They left the area that night and heard the vocalization again from farther off while packing.

Partial sightingScreamOdorMovement only
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.

Partial sightingFootsteps
1943 California #b00b8dcf-40ed-426b-9b0c-73e0d9207aa7

Sasquatch sighting in California (1943)

The guest's grandfather and his brother were in the Bald Hill area during logging-era hunting. While sleeping in their car, a large ape-like creature bent down and looked in the window, leaving handprints. The grandfather kept photos of the prints and never forgot the incident.

Partial sightingHandprint
Date unknown California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/08/21/sc-ep246-law-enforcement-night

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.

Partial sightingProperty disturbance
Date unknown California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/-N1T0y_giFiQ3cYTMOoEtVmwVK0KijoF9Zy-5wP3i5s

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.

Wood knockPartial sightingTracks
at 3 o'clock in a recent morning Long Beach, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Long Beach, California

Two small girls awoke to find an ape-like intruder in their bedroom and screamed. Their father rushed in in time to see a huge shaggy figure climbing out the window and escaping. Nothing was reported stolen.

Partial sightingDoor or window contact
only the other day Redding, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Redding, California

A family was frightened by a naked long-haired wild man roaming near their home. A stone fell near a playing child, who looked up to see the figure beckoning and making sounds. The child ran inside to his mother.

Partial sightingRock throwing
Date unknown California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/11/25/the-wrap-up-show-with-shannon

Sasquatch sighting in California

While road hunting with family in a truck, the caller saw a creature standing beside the road behind a tree, holding the top bent over to look at them. They made eye contact for three to five seconds. When he looked away and back it was gone, the tree was swinging, and he glimpsed it moving downhill on all fours. After this he quit hunting.

Partial sightingMovement only
about two weeks ago Bartell, California #b3ed067a-579b-48c4-9d80-b04498c77309

Sasquatch sighting near Bartell, California

The witness was driving alone on a highway in the morning and noticed what looked like a backpacker with hiking poles on the shoulder. The figure crossed the road in a few long strides with odd bobbing motion, and sunlight revealed a wide-shouldered, dark-coated biped with no pack. The witness drove to the crossing point but could no longer see it in the thinned forest.

Road crossingPartial sighting
29, almost 30 years ago Mount Shasta, California #8532209a-c342-4030-8983-37e4cb3ac9ef

Movement only near Mount Shasta, California

The guest was canoeing with a church youth group near Mount Shasta when the group felt they were being followed along the bank and smelled a bad odor. A basketball-sized rock was thrown with great force from dense cover and landed near his canoe, prompting leaders to flee. Years later he learned a boy in another canoe had seen a head show its teeth then withdraw, which he now attributes to a Sasquatch.

Movement onlyOdorRock throwingPartial sighting
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.

Partial sightingFull-body sightingGrowlFootstepsVocalization
the next night California #00fd0345-269d-4286-8cd7-d2c0334bdb9a

Sasquatch sighting in California

The following night, the witness's father slept in the cab-over area of the motorhome. He saw the face of a creature looking at him through the window.

Partial sighting
when he was a kid California #00fd0345-269d-4286-8cd7-d2c0334bdb9a

Partial sighting in California

As a child, the witness's father slept underneath the family motorhome at Medicine Lake and had something walk by him. He saw only its legs.

Partial sighting
back in August of last year California #00fd0345-269d-4286-8cd7-d2c0334bdb9a

Wood knock in California

Two friends camped off a gated logging road after noticing a possible tree structure. At night they heard knocks and breaking sticks, saw green eyeshine uphill, and the co-witness saw a smaller black creature with red eyes moving between trees. After a loud scream, they fled in their vehicle and both saw a very large gray-skinned creature in the headlights, then left the area.

Wood knockEyeshinePartial sightingFull-body sightingScream +2
when I was about eight years old California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/01/09/sc-ep70-down-the-rabbit-hole

Sasquatch sighting in California

The witness, then a child, was sent back to camp alone while his father and brother scouted firewood. Near a small meadow he noticed what looked like a bear behind brush about 40-50 yards away. The animal stood on two legs, revealing ape-like features, holding a tree with one hand. Frightened, he ran back to camp and his father dismissed it as a bear.

Partial sighting