Humboldt County, California

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Humboldt County California (Class A) BFRO

March 1999

It was a typical winter afternoon in Humbolt County, it was raining intermitantly and the river was on the rise and becoming too turbid to fish. But, I wanted to catch another steele before the river blew out so, I drove down to the river bar as described in the "Where did it occur?" section of this report. I parked about 30 yards away from the rivers edge, on a dirt road surrounded by dense willows. I turned off the car and opened the door. Immediatly I heard two bellows that seemed far off. I initially thought it was local kids. The best I can do to discribe the noise is to ask you to try and make it--- put your lips togeather as if to make the sound of a "B" then bellow "Whoooooooop", wait two seconds and do it again. This is what I heard. To this day I can physically emulate the soud. The sound was similar to the bugle of a bull elk. I used to work as a horse patrol park ranger on the eastern slope of the Rockies in Rocky Mountain National Park, I kept visitors away from th...

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Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO

Campers hear multiple, pre-dawn vocalizations in Humboldt Redwoods State Park

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August 2007

Humboldt County California (Class A) BFRO

Possible sighting by motorist beside Highway 101 between Orick and Trinidad

this report is for my daughter who today thinks she saw two big creatures that looked like the creature called bigfoot. She was pretty shook up about it. She was so scared that she did not stop. She s...

October 2006

Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard in Humboldt State Redwoods

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August 2006

Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard by backcountry hikers in Redwoods National Park

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August 2000

Gogebic County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

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August 2016

Marinette County Wisconsin (Class A) BFRO

Motorist has dusk sighting on Hwy. 41 outside Peshtigo

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June 2004

Shenandoah County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Early morning road crossing near Woodstock

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Polk County Iowa (Class A) BFRO

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February 2000

Clackamas County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

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Marquette County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by hunters near Gwinn (Upper Peninsula)

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Tattnall County Georgia (Class A) BFRO

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Oswego County New York (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime sighting by motorist near Sandy Creek

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