Plumas County, California

Near outside of Quincy California, but very remote area

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Plumas County California (Class B) BFRO

August 1995

I recently read BFRO report #26850. I felt the need to add my own experience in the same area. I too was a Forest Service employee for the Plumas in the 90' s. I don't know the original author. I hiked to the bottom of the Middle Fork drainage where the Pacific Crest Trail crosses the river from the Quincy side (North side) so I could brush it out and cut some poles and logs laying across the trail. First day I had a couple guys with me, and we knocked out a good portion of it that day. I came back later in the week to finish up the remaining few miles by myself. The tactic is to go down the trail heavy with water and saw gas and work your way back up getting lighter. I worked my way down the trail maybe about 2 and a half hours to the area where we left off. I started cutting my way back up the trail. The logs were spread apart with patches of down logs and then areas of clear trail for several minutes of hiking. In the periods when I shut the saw off, I soon started to rea...

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Plumas County California (Class B) BFRO

Horrible screaming vocalizations heard

It was completely dark where we were. We had quite a large fire lit at the time. Nothing was found. Approximately at 9:00 pm at night after dinner we were all around the fire cracking jokes and laughi...

October 1998

Plumas County California (Class B) BFRO

Fourteen inch by six inch tracks found

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June 1998

Plumas County California (Class B) BFRO

Man has interesting experiences outside of La Porte

Various things observed during 2 summer field seasons working on my Master's degree thesis in the Northern Sierra ( 14 months total). 1) I stopped to look at a topographic map about 20 miles west of ...

January 1998

Plumas County California (Class A) BFRO

Sighting of a bigfoot by a miner

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September 1996

Washtenaw County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

2 witnesses see a BF at night in the headlights

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August 2001

St. Louis County Minnesota (Class A) BFRO

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July 1978

Grundy County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Snake hunter has daytime sighting near Seneca

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June 2005

Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

Night sighting by motorist along North Lamar Road

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August 1987

Stoddard County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls his brief daylight sighting outside Bloomfield

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January 1986

Clinton County New York (Class A) BFRO

Daytime sighting by motorcyclist couple, a few miles from Saranac

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July 1998

Washington County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Daytime sighting by motorists along Hwy 6 near Glenwood

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Bath County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

A sighting by two motorists

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