Trinity County California (Class A) BFRO

Firefighter describes multiple-witness sighting during the Loma Fire

I was working in the northern part of New Mexico training to be a Wildland Fire Fighter. In September 2003 (maybe the second week of that month) I was dispatched with 22 other people to the Del Loma F...

September 2003

Tuolumne County California (Class B) BFRO

Possible nighttime encounter, food taken from hunters camping near Tuolumne

I was traveling with my father and my fathers friends. Now i should tell you that my father was an active hunter, hiker and outdoorsman. My father was also 6'3 and two hundred and fifty pounds. There ...

September 2003

Kern County California (Class B) BFRO

Deer hunter finds possible footprints on Mt. Breckenridge

While deer hunting my father in law and I had become lost while following a game trail we took a short cut from one hill to the next and had crossed a ravine at the bottom as we crossed the ravine we ...

September 2003

Del Norte County California (Class A) BFRO

Man in a 4x4 has a late night road encounter

I was driving home on highway 101, between Orick and Klamath. I have four high powered off road lights on my Jeep, so about 100 yards in front of me, I saw what I thought was a bear on the side of the...

September 2003

Del Norte County California (Class A) BFRO

Fifty-four year old salesman has a very close highway encounter

I am a fifty four year old man living in San Francisco. I have never had any interest in this subject until this week. An old friend of mine moved to Gold Beach, Oregon, and I was driving up to see hi...

September 2003

Calaveras County California (Class B) BFRO

Campers hear late night screams near Arnold

Three successive screams starting from about 50 yards away, moving away to 100 yards, then finally about 200 yards away. Each scream was about 1 second in duration with almost identical characteristic...

August 2003

El Dorado County California (Class B) BFRO

Campers hear late night screams near Pollack Pines

The weekend of August 16th my family and I went camping on Union Valley lake. We had three tent sites about a 100 yards from the shore. On Saturday night my 2 year old son had trouble sleeping and kep...

August 2003

Butte County California (Class B) BFRO

Mountain driver encounters creature crossing road near Oroville

I am writing this for a friend who doesn't have internet access. Last summer, he was driving towards Oroville. He had just passed a place called Robinson Mill and came around a corner when right in fr...

July 2003

El Dorado County California (Class A) BFRO

Couple have night sighting near Lake Tahoe

My wife, my two children, and I were driving on Hwy 50, west bound, leaving South Lake Tahoe at 9:55 PM. We just passed the agriculture inspection station in the town of Meyers, CA, when both my wife ...

July 2003

El Dorado County California (Class B) BFRO

Brothers hear unusual, late-night vocalizations near Sly Park

I wanted to comment on your report case #8595. My parents live in Sly Park. They are at the edge of the National forest. I have heard sounds late at night along with my brother who lives there. Last s...

June 2003

Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO

Couple see large prints near Orick

During the last week of June, my girlfriend and I decided to take the dogs on a long walk. We were driving up the coast planning on a beach walk when I decided to go to a area on redwood creek where m...

June 2003

Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO

Hiker sees footprint near Willow Creek

I was reconing the area just southwest from Louse Camp near bluff creek this weekend on 6-21-03 I came across a single footprint in an old mud puddle the fotprint was 16 inches long and almost 6 inche...

June 2003

Humboldt County California (Class A) BFRO

Fisherman has a second encounter on a rainy afternoon, as a upright animal moves from a streambed.

Well this was just supposed to be a fishing trip to see what the area had to offer. I had been coming to this area for the past couple of months and started to learn it a little better. So I decided t...

May 2003

San Bernardino County California (Class B) BFRO

Young lady believes that the creature is back

Hi, my name is Stacy G., and I want this sent to Richard directly, PLEASE, he has already visited me about a sighting that I had in 1997, same place in Hesperia. Well, guess what Richard, he's back!!!...

May 2003

Shasta County California (Class B) BFRO

Possible camp stalking in Jones Valley, Lake Shasta

Here's what I encountered on 4/19/2003, at least the best that I can remember; at the Jones Valley Campground, Lake Shasta, CA. It was about 22:00, slightly over cast and very calm and quiet. In hi...

April 2003

Humboldt County California (Class A) BFRO

Fisherman has a short first encounter on a damp afternoon, as a creature crosses the road in front of his vehicle

Well it has been a couple of years since it happened, but here goes. I was stationed at Beale AFB, Ca., and I would always drive around looking for the next great fishing hole. I had been driving for ...

April 2003

El Dorado County California (Class A) BFRO

Man has early morning sighting near Sly Park

I am posting this report after several months of trying to dismiss what I saw as a bear or other common animal. I have come to the conclusion that what I saw could only have been an unknown animal suc...

January 2003

Del Norte County California (Class B) BFRO

Humanoid print found after rain near Huckleberry patch.

This report was brought to my attention on Nov. 24, 2002. I am posting for the reporting party. John Frietas called me and requested that I investigate a report that he had been contacted about. I con...

November 2002

Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO

Parents pursue 7 1/2' tall female biped across pasture after being alerted by daughter

Last year when I was 12 I saw a Creature. It was about 9:45 pm. It all started when I was taking my dog outback to go to the bathroom. When I got outside I felt like I was being watched but ignored ...

October 2002

Kern County California (Class B) BFRO

Forest Service employees see big footprints near Lake Isabella

I am a long term seasonal with the US Forest Service. I do know the different tracks the wildlife leaves behind. What I and a co-worker saw was not a typical wildlife track. On this day, we decided...

October 2002

Kern County California (Class B) BFRO

Hunters hear, and possibly see, a strange creature near Lake Isabella

This was a vocalization by an unknown animal. The following event happend on the second night of a two night deer-hunting trip. The woods were alive with animals and fresh sign -- scat (bear and de...

October 2002

Tulare County California (Class B) BFRO

Family has strange experience in Golden Trout Wilderness

My family and I were at The Golden Trout Wilderness Packing Station in the lower Sierra's over the labor day weekend. We were there for horse back riding which we have done for the past 4 years. The t...

September 2002

Butte County California (Class B) BFRO

Campers hear late night "banging" near Oroville

I was camping with 4 friends at Feather Falls campground several miles outside of Oroville. We were the only ones camping there. We stayed up late talking and what not and had gone to sleep about 1:00...

September 2002

El Dorado County California (Class B) BFRO

Quad riders find fresh footprints, encounter overwhelming stench near Stumpy Meadows

My husband and I were out quading up by Stumpy Meadows, that is up out of Georgetown, California. I have lived in that area for roughly 40 years. I have smelt some awful smells up there in the woods. ...

September 2002

Alpine County California (Class B) BFRO

Campers hear late night scream near Woodfords

We heard something we can only speculate about but I can still remember clearly the sound. It was the middle of the night and I was awoken by the sound that started low and went to a high pitch scream...

August 2002