Kern County, California

Near Tehachapi

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Kern County California (Class B) BFRO

January 2010

My name is J. M., and my friend's name is R.S., and we were hiking about a mile above Sand Canyon, near Tehachapi, California, he lost his prescription sunglasses, and we split up to search for them. As I was hiking, I saw a very strange track. It looked human, but it was larger than any human foot print. Also, unless a human was walking a mile from the road barefoot through rough terrain, so it couldn't have been human. I met up with R.S., and on the way back I showed him the print. He is an Army veteran from Iraq and an avid hunter, and he was simply shocked by that footprint. He said to me, "J. look, you can even see the toe prints! This creature has to be at least 7 feet tall!" We looked at each other. I asked him, "How old do you think that print is?" He answered, "It looks to be about 3 days old." We both decided, after finding his sun glasses, we should head back to the car, while keeping a VERY sharp look out for anything strange. After we had reached home, it st...

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Kern County California (Class B) BFRO

Young man and his Aunt & Uncle observe large tracks just below their horse pasture in Tehachapi (w/photos)

As my Uncle walked outside to feed the horse he spotted tracks. They were big huge prints! The measurements are 52" inch strides, with indication of toe's at the end, and hair like lines throughout th...

February 2009

Kern County California (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard outside Inyokern

I lived in the High Desert of California in Ridgecrest, CA in Kern County from 1980 to 1985. I did a lot of hiking in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I never saw or heard anything unusual during that tim...

September 2007

Kern County California (Class A) BFRO

At noon, a young lady on horse back has a face-to-face encounter

I was about 14 years old riding a horse on a ranch that my family owned. The ranch location is Tehachapi, California. I was on a trail going towards the edge of the forest, still on our property. When...

January 1976

Kern County California (Class B) BFRO

Hunter hears early morning vocalization not far from Weldon

In late Sept. 1989, I was deer hunting about 5 miles west of Walkers pass along hwy 178. I had driven a short ways off of the hwy and then walked in about 1/4 mile to a rocky bluff that was at the bas...

September 1989