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Sierra County California (Class B) BFRO
Family Encounters Red Eyes and Unusual Smells
We had driven from the San Francisco Bay Area to Sierra County for a camping trip. When we arrived, our usual campground was full and we went to a less popular campground which was a few miles further...
August 2002
Lake County California (Class B) BFRO
Hunters have strange experiences and make an unusual discovery
I was hunting with my close friend Chris R. in Sonoma County, CA on our family property that is adjacent to Pine Mountain. We were walking along an old camp road that had become overgrown with brush a...
August 2002
Nevada County California (Class B) BFRO
Chicken pens being raided by unknown thief near Nevada City
A neighbor's chicken coop was raided. I keep birds also so I was curious how I may reinforce my cage to avoid the same situation. I investigated. What struck me immediatly was the strength necessary t...
August 2002
Tuolumne County California (Class B) BFRO
Campers find stacked rocks and hear unusual rock banging near Strawberry
I took a trip over the fourth of July to visit a friend in Modesto. We traveled to Tuolumne County, past Sonora, and camped off of Gargoyle trail above Strawberry on the night of July 4th. We got to t...
July 2002
Shasta County California (Class B) BFRO
Family hears late night vocalizations near Lake McCumber
It was about 3AM at Lake McCumber, California. I was with my mom, aunt and uncle, and my uncles son and daughter in law. My uncle and his son stayed up all night listening to the strange noise that wa...
June 2002
Los Angeles County California (Class B) BFRO
Possible intimidation in the late afternoon reported by hikers in the Big Tujunga Canyon area
Me and a friend at the time were hiking in the Angeles National forest. My friend was just out of boot camp USMC and we started hiking as often as time would allow. We were hiking down a small stre...
April 2002
Monterey County California (Class A) BFRO
Dusk sighting by hunter on Fort Hunter Liggett
This report describes a sighting of a large biped primate at Fort Hunter Liggett on the evening of Saturday, February 16, 2002. I left my home in Manhattan Beach, California about 8:00 AM on the morni...
February 2002
Del Norte County California (Class B) BFRO
Calif. Del Norte County Jed Smith Park
I am the Manager of the Visitor Center at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. During the winter of 2001-2002, my family and I were the camp hosts at the park, and lived in the park full time. One even...
December 2001
Alpine County California (Class B) BFRO
Fisherman hears afternoon scream at Lake Alpine
I was done working for the day. I had my fishing pole with me this afternoon, hoping I would have time to do some fishing at Lake Alpine. I was fishing for about a half hour when I heard these strange...
November 2001
Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO
Forest Service employees see footprints in Six Rivers National Forest
On the day of the incident, a co-worker and myself where sent to close the Port-Orford-Cedar gates for the winter season. Both of us are Forestry Techs and worked for Six Rivers Nat'l Forest (Seasonal...
November 2001
Fresno County California (Class A) BFRO
Hunter has daytime sighting near Huntington Lake
I was hunting at sample meadow above Huntington lake, I had just walked through a marshy area and had gotten into some dense pine trees when I spooked two deer up and I got a glimpse of them as they r...
October 2001
Del Norte County California (Class B) BFRO
Men hear two Bigfoot calling to each other
It was the last weekend of September during the fall salmon run of fishing season on the lower Klamath River 2001. It was the end of summer, the river was extremely low and I'd just finished clean...
September 2001
Del Norte County California (Class A) BFRO
A young man observes a creature with a gorilla face
While driving south on highway 199 from Grants Pass to Crescent City, my eight year old son said "Hey Dad, what's that?". We were driving just above the Smith River as it snakes alongside the highway....
September 2001
Fresno County California (Class B) BFRO
Hikers find footprints and hair near Huntington Lake
There were three of us hiking through the rock creek area of the Ansel Adams Wilderness. Michael discovered the tracks and brought them to our attention. The tracks were heading in a northern directio...
September 2001
Tulare County California (Class B) BFRO
Hiker hears loud scream in Sequoia National Park
I was camping in the backcountry of Sequoia National Park. Just after sunset, I heard numerous repeated screams. They were not human and I have never heard an animal that made that sound. I have been ...
September 2001
Tuolumne County California (Class B) BFRO
Possible vocalizations awaken campers in Clark Fork Campground
I noticed a report on your website from September of 2001 at the Sand Flat campground (State of California, County of Tuolumne). The hair stood up on my neck when I read this due to the similarities w...
September 2001
Tuolumne County California (Class B) BFRO
Women hear late night vocalizations at Sand Bar Flat Campground
We were staying at Sand Bar Flat campground, when my mother and I heard a scream that lasted for two hours, not far from our tent. It started at about 2:00 a.m. and ended around 4:00 a.m. There were p...
September 2001
Trinity County California (Class B) BFRO
Young couple have unusual late night experience near Weaverville
It was approx. 2 a.m. on a cool dark quiet night. My wife, kids, and me were all in rear of trailer sleeping, which we had rented for the week. We had opened the windows all around the trailer, becaus...
August 2001
Calaveras County California (Class B) BFRO
Campers hear early morning screams near Calaveras Big Trees
While camping in the Sierra, several members of our group were awakened by repeated screams very similar to the Klamath and Washington State sound files at bfro.net. I first heard the eerie bellowing ...
August 2001
El Dorado County California (Class B) BFRO
Campers hear more nighttime vocalizations at Sugar Pine Campground, on the west side of Lake Tahoe
It was a clear night. There was a full moon and it was about 10:00. We were camping out in Sugar Pine State Park. All of the sudden, there was a loud whooping noise. It sounded close by. Then, we hear...
August 2001
Sierra County California (Class A) BFRO
Three young people on an early morning outing hear roar followed by sighting
3 of us went out to the woods to get away. We arrived at this loation about 3:00am. About 30 minutes later we heard a rustling in the bushes. We passed it off as a harmless critter. A couple seconds l...
August 2001
Shasta County California (Class B) BFRO
Couple hears late night screams near Viola
On 8-9-01 we were staying in a small cabin 9 miles from the Lassen Park entrance, about 2 miles from Viola on Highway 44. My wife woke me up as she heard a strange screaming-like sound. I was immediat...
August 2001
Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO
Young man has three different footprint observations and one short encounter with a large black creature over a three-month period
My story begins in the early part of June when I took a job at Josephine Creek Lodge. My first sighting was on an after work excursion with my friend. On June 16, 2001, we went bouldering at a place k...
July 2001
Placer County California (Class A) BFRO
Three young men observe a bigfoot climb up a crevice
I was camping at the Rubicon River with a couple of friends of mine, a place where we have camped relatively regularly for the past 5 or 6 years. Normally when I am there, I see many ground squirrels...
July 2001
Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO
Afternoon sighting by hiker outside Dunsmuir
I was in a creeky wooded area outside of Dunsmuir, CA. I was sitting high on a side of a large hill. I noticed a bigfoot squatting down in the creek bed catching fish. He/She was about 7 1/2 foot tall...
June 2001