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Mendocino County California (Class B) BFRO
Two men hear afternoon vocalization near Fort Bragg
In the forest above Noyo Harbor and Dolphin Cove located at Fort Bragg, California. My friend Chris and myself were in Chris's house which over looks Noyo Bridge and the harbor. Chris came running int...
July 1985
Tuolumne County California (Class B) BFRO
Camper experiences strange night time visitor near Groveland
No, this was not a visual sighting, I only heard this.... It happened a few years ago, when I was camping in a remote area around Yosemite National Park. It was very late, my friends had already went ...
January 1985
Butte County California (Class B) BFRO
Several reports of vocalization sounds.
We lived in an A-framed cabin that overlooked Bidwell Canyon about 1 mile from Forest Ranch. The previous renter worked for a company that had her out of town frequently, so I am not sure on any encou...
January 1985
Riverside County California (Class C) BFRO
Reference to a local newspaper article about tracks found near Bautista Road
The local paper (The Press Enterprise), ran an article of foot prints being found in the Anza area, near Bautista Rd. This is a dirt road that leads to or near the indian reservation. There really is ...
January 1985
Siskiyou County California (Class B) BFRO
Campers observed by unknown animal
Dear BFRO, I had an interesting and very frightening experience back in 1984. I was backpacking with two friends in the Marble Mountains Wilderness in Siskyou County, Northern California. We were c...
August 1984
Shasta County California (Class B) BFRO
Large Footprints Found, Vocalizations Heard by Vacationer Near Lake Shasta
I was on a houseboat vacation with my family at Shasta Lake when I was 13. We had put our houseboat to shore in a secluded cove that branched off of the main lake. I went on a walk alone along the sho...
August 1984
Nevada County California (Class B) BFRO
Couple see large footprint near Emigrant Gap
During the summer my husband and I would go to the Tahoe National forest in California to cut our winter wood. This one day I did not go with him. When my husband came home he said he saw a bigfoot pr...
August 1984
Fresno County California (Class B) BFRO
Three teenagers hear vocalizations at dusk, while fishing in Doris Lake in John Muir Wilderness
My story of Bigfoot was not visual but rather we heard a scream in the deep forest that we could not explain. The location was in the area of Mono Hot Springs, in the Sierra Nevada's in California...
August 1984
Butte County California (Class C) BFRO
Screams in the night heard while in Butte County woods in early 80's
After an evening of movie watching I decided to releive myself outside and get some fresh air. Walking out into the cool night air about 50 to 100 feet and stopped, just as I began enjoying the silenc...
January 1984
Tuolumne County California (Class A) BFRO
Friends have night sighting above Sonora
On or about oct.25th 1983, a friend and myself went to look at a three wheeled motorcycle from an ad above Sonora, CA. We arrived in late afternoon, met the lady that wanted to sell it. We entered a f...
October 1983
Alpine County California (Class B) BFRO
Hunters are intimidated out of their hunting ground near Bear Valley
My experience takes place around the end of October close to the end of deer season in Alpine County, California about 1982-83. Myself and 3 other hunters were getting a last deer hunt in Pacific Vall...
October 1983
Alpine County California (Class B) BFRO
Runner Hears Unusual Whistle Near Woodsford
While walking cross-country, looking for possible home sites from the early 19th and late 18 hundreds, I was walking the base of a small ridge between two lakes Lower Blue and Twin Lake. On the ridge ...
July 1983
Del Norte County California (Class A) BFRO
While looking out of her livingroom window when she was a child she saw a dark brown creature walk between two trees
This is my story; not very many people believe this. When I was about 5 yrs old we lived in Hiouchi, Ca (1983). One day in the fall, I was staring out my living room window (it faced the woods), an...
January 1983
El Dorado County California (Class A) BFRO
Man has sighting after massive landslide on Highway 50
I think the year was 83 or 84. That year there was a huge mudslide on the south (River) side of Highway 50. I remember because we had to turn around, go back up around Tahoe, and take Highway 80 back ...
January 1983
Trinity County California (Class A) BFRO
Evening road crossing sighting near Lewiston (Hwy 299)
Back in the 80's, my husband and I were driving late at night in Trinity County, near Lewiston. Off to the right hand side of the road appeared a large animal. At first we thought it was a bear but wh...
August 1982
Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO
Young Native American has a short face to face encounter
I was walking north on highway 96, on the riverside of the road, approximately 3/4 of a kilometer south of the Somes Bar store. I saw something out of the corner of my eye, and when I looked acros...
August 1982
Lassen County California (Class A) BFRO
Daytime sighting by two hikers, near Lost Creek in Lassen National Forest
: In August of 1982, my buddy and I made a weekend trip from Sunnyvale Ca. to Lassen National Park. Having been there once before four years earlier with a church youth group, and consequently having ...
August 1982
Mendocino County California (Class A) BFRO
Creaure heard running away by campers.
It was dinner time and all campers were summoned to the evening meal outside the main lodge approximately 1/4 mile from my tent. I was not able to make it to dinner on time because I had a bloody nose...
July 1982
San Diego County California (Class A) BFRO
Late Night Encounter Near Meadow Above the Infantry Training School
I've related this story only to very few people over the years for fear of ridicule by my peers and doubt that anyone would ever really believe me. Anyway in May 1982, while serving on active duty at ...
May 1982
Santa Barbara County California (Class A) BFRO
High school teacher recalls a nighttime sighting while camping in the Los Padres National Forest
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April 1982
Fresno County California (Class B) BFRO
Teenager hears unusual daytime vocalization near Courtright Reservoir
In late August of 1981 I heard a distinct distant wailing animal call similar in character to some of the recordings posted on the BFRO website. I was backpacking with two other people in California's...
August 1981
Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO
Campers smell foul odor
There was about 10 of us watching the Perseids meteor shower from a clearing near an area where we were building a small cabin. Previously that summer we had heard some moanings or low growlings up on...
August 1981
Sonoma County California (Class B) BFRO
Couple hear late night scream near Fort Ross
Well I have collected enough information from various bigfoot sites about screams to conclude that I heard a sasquatch on a bicycle touring trip from Portland, OR to Santa Barbara, CA in the summer of...
July 1981
Calaveras County California (Class B) BFRO
Sound and Footprint Reports from Stanislaus National Forest
I am filling out this report for a witness that I have already spoken with. Witness had two "events"; one a sound report and the other a print sighting. The sound report happened in 1981 in the Carson...
June 1981
San Diego County California (Class C) BFRO
A Local Writer Discusses Her Experiences Pursuing Local Reports and Legends
My book, "Night-Side of Gold," was written from hindsight remembrance of encounters with Bigfoot during an 8-year mining venture in the Santa Lucias along the coast of Southern California. Now, in the...
February 1981