Incident #1000543
Hyampom, Trinity Cty, California
Apr 1970
Account
Buzz McLaughlin describes strange screams and smells around Manzanita Ranch School in Hyampom, where he was a student, and says that on successive nights in April floodlights were turned on and a 9-foot creature like a big gorilla was seen outside. Head like a football helmet, long heavy arms, face with no hair, dark skin, broad nose, long brown-black hair. Smelled bad. Sounded like a horse on two feet when running. Heavy breathing.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hyampom
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 12
- Latitude
- 403---
- Longitude
- 12328--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Nearby Water
- river
- Cover
- moderate
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- floodlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Bulletin No. 24, letter from Buzz McLaughl
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Face Colour
- dark
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Later Movement
- fled
- Sound
- panting
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- No of witnesses
- several